Category Archives: New Publications

Good-Natured Comedy to Enrich Climate Communication

Posted on June 5, 2019 by prometheus

by Beth Osnes, Max Boykoff, and Patrick ChandlerComedy Studies (2019) Abstract: This report explores the use of good-natured comedy to diversify the modes of comedy that can be used in climate communication beyond satire to others modes that are possibly … Continue reading →

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Ogmius, Issue #52 is Now Out

Posted on May 1, 2019 by prometheus

Issue #52, Spring 2019 Ogmius Exchange Should We Hope for Power to Declare a National Climate Emergency? by Steve Vanderheiden Faculty Affiliate Forum Can Genetic Engineering Save Disappearing Forests? by Jason Delborne Unprecedented Sea-ice Conditions in the Bering Sea by … Continue reading →

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Stories of Transformation: A Cross-Country Focus Group Study on Sustainable Development & Societal Change

Posted on April 26, 2019 by prometheus

by V. Wibeck, B-O. Linnér, M. Alves, T. Asplund, A. Bohman, M.T. Boykoff, P.M. Feetham, Y. Huang, J. Nascimento, J. Rich, C.Y. Rocha, F. Vaccarino, and S. Xian Sustainability, 2019 Abstract: Societal transformation is one of the most topical concepts … Continue reading →

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Savior of Rural Landscapes or Solomon’s choice? Colorado’s Experiment with Alternative Transfer Methods for Water (ATMs)

Posted on April 5, 2019 by prometheus

by Lisa Dilling, John Berggren, Jennifer, Henderson, and Douglas KenneyWater Security, 2019 Abstract: This article focuses on the emerging landscape for Alternative Transfer Methods (ATMs) in Colorado, USA. ATMs are developing within a legal landscape of water rights governed by … Continue reading →

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Broadly Inflicted Stressors Can Cause Ecosystem Thinning

Posted on March 14, 2019 by prometheus

by Matthew G. Burgess, Alexa Fredston-Hermann, David Tilman, Michel Loreau, and Steven D. Gaines Theoretical Ecology, 2019 Abstract: Many anthropogenic stressors broadly inflict mortality or reduce fecundity, including habitat destruction, pollution, climate change, invasive species, and multispecies harvesting. Here, we show—in four analytical models of interspecies … Continue reading →

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Ogmius, Issue 51 is Now Out

Posted on December 12, 2018 by prometheus

Ogmius Issue #51, Fall/Winter 2018 Ogmius Exchange Elon Musk Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize by Matthew Burgess and Ian Burgess Faculty Affiliate Forum Into the Wild – For Rain, Part I. British Columbia by Eve-Lyn Hinckley Paris Peace Forum by … Continue reading →

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Evaluating the Perils and Promises of Academic Climate Advocacy

Posted on December 6, 2018 by prometheus

by Maxwell Boykoff and David Oonk Climatic Change, December 2018 Abstract: What are the causes and consequences of academic climate advocacy in contemporary times? Should it be celebrated and pursued, or derided and eschewed? Does advocacy in various forms tarnish or … Continue reading →

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Normalized Hurricane Damage in the Continental United States 1900–2017

Posted on December 6, 2018 by prometheus

Jessica Weinkle (CSTPR Alumni), Chris Landsea, Douglas Collins, Rade Musulin, Ryan P. Crompton, Philip J. Klotzbach, and Roger Pielke, Jr. Nature Sustainability, November 2018 Abstract: Direct economic losses result when a hurricane encounters an exposed, vulnerable society. A normalization estimates direct economic losses from a … Continue reading →

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Drought in Urban Water Systems: Learning Lessons for Climate Adaptive Capacity

Posted on December 5, 2018 by prometheus

Climate Risk Management November 2018, DOI: 10.1016/j.crm.2018.11.001 by Lisa Dilling, Meaghan Daly, Douglas Kenney, Roberta Klein, Kathleen Miller, Andrea Ray, William Travis, and Olga Wilhelmi Abstract: In this paper we examine current policies to combat drought in urban areas in the United States to illuminate lessons learned for building climate adaptive capacity. We … Continue reading →

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2018 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change Released

Posted on November 29, 2018 by prometheus

CIRES News Research from 27 global institutions including CU Boulder show extreme heat damages health and livelihood and may overwhelm hospitals New research published in The Lancet medical journal last night shows that rising temperatures as a result of climate … Continue reading →

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