National Science Foundation
Boulder County commissioners are deciding whether to extend a ban on new oil and gas development in unincorporated parts of the county.
University of Colorado scientists worry the government shutdown may freeze their scheduled research in Antarctica.
A total of 27,000 gallons of oil – the equivalent of about two storage tanks – have been spilled into the South Platte River from flood-damaged tanks as of Monday.
University of Colorado researchers say the 2001-02 drought and others greatly accelerated the spread of a beetle epidemic that has killed thousands of square miles of trees in the West.