Over the last several years, the residents of Santa Monica, a coastal city on the edge of Los Angeles, saw something neither they, their parents, or perhaps even their grandparents had ever seen before: a three-foot-tall dune system rising gently from the flat, groomed expanse of one of the world’s most famous urban beaches.
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New Robot Boosts Solar Energy Research
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Harnessing Synthetic Biology to Make Sustainable Alternatives to Petroleum Products
Reducing our reliance on fossil fuels is going to require a transformation in the way we make things.
Are Sunflowers Colorado’s Best Hedge Against Climate Change?
In the state’s dry, nutrient-deficient soil, CU Boulder researchers and others aim to learn if the crop can survive and even thrive in a hotter, drier future.
Canada’s Extreme Wildfire Season Offers a Glimpse of New Risks
The blanket of wildfire smoke that spread across large parts of the U.S. and Canada in 2023 was a wake-up call, showing what climate change could feel like in the near future for millions of people.


