2013
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WWA Director, Kristen Averyt, appears on Colorado Public Radio
SpotlightKristen Averyt was on Colorado Public Radio's Colorado Matters program on August 12, 2013 talking about water use for electricity generation. Listen to "Meeting Energy Demands with Less Water".
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Speakers Discuss Science Policy Challenges in the Water-Energy Nexus
NewsEos, Transactions American Geophysical Union
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New WWA paper explores usefulness of satellite imagery for assessing bark beetle infestations
SpotlightA paper by WWA's Brian Buma and Carol Wessman, along with co-author Evan Pugh, assesses the effectiveness of the MODIS satellite in measuring leaf area index (LAI) in beetle-killed forests. Their paper can be found in the International Journal of Remote Sensing.
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New video on WWA work on energy-water nexus
SpotlightWWA Director Kristen Averyt is featured in a video from the University of Colorado's Office for University Outreach. She underscores the importance of understanding the impacts of energy production on water supplies.
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Rocky Mountains to warm more than lower elevations, according to new paper
SpotlightThe Rocky Mountains can expect more warming in the future than lower-elevation regions at the same latitude during the cold season, according to a new analysis of the latest (CMIP5) global climate model runs. WWA’s Imtiaz Rangwala and two colleagues from Rutgers University analyzed the model output for temperature changes as function of surface elevation in the northern mid-latitudes for a paper published in June in Environmental Research Letters. The study, which built upon Rangwala’s investigations when he was a PACE postdoc co-sponsored by WWA, found that these enhanced future warming projections are in part due to a proportionately stronger water vapor feedback at high elevations, and also to reduced snow cover that facilitates greater heating of the land surface.
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WWA welcomes Imtiaz Rangwala back to Boulder
SpotlightImtiaz Rangwala, who worked with WWA from 2009-2011 as a PACE postdoctoral fellow, has returned to Boulder and WWA for a second postdoc stint. Imtiaz will be working with WWA’s Bill Travis and Joe Barsugli, Gregg Garfin of CLIMAS, and colleagues at The Nature Conservancy to analyze, synthesize and communicate the latest climate science to support land conservation efforts throughout the four-state region of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona. We’re very fortunate to have him and his considerable climate expertise bolstering our team again.