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Associate Professor Ben Livneh, who’s also the director of the Western Water Assessment (WWA) at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), shares insights on what this “snow drought” means for water availability, how it compares to past trends and what may lie ahead as Colorado approaches peak snowpack season.
A new study published today in Nature Communications Earth & Environment is the first large-scale assessment of post-wildfire water quality. Ben Livneh, an associate professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering, was the principal investigator and co-author of the study.
More than 50 percent of the largest lakes in the world are losing water, according to a groundbreaking new assessment published today inScience. The article was coauthored by Professor Balaji Rajagopalan and Associate Professor Ben Livneh, both from ñ's Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering.Fangfang Yao, a CIRES visiting scholar, was the lead author.
Ben Livneh, associate professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering,has joined the Colorado Art Science Environment (CASE) Fellows program. The program isthe latest incarnation of the Office for Outreach and Engagement'swork to connect the arts, sciences and community for shared action on Colorado’s interrelated social and environmental issues.
CIRES Fellow and WWA Director Ben Livnehwas announced as American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) 2022 Hydrologic Sciences Early Career Award recipient. Being selected as a Section Honoree is bestowed upon individuals for meritorious work or
Ben Livneh was interviewed by Denver 9News for a piece focusing flash flooding over the Cameron Peak Fire burn scar. The floods caused serious damage in the Glen Haven, Crystal Mountain and Buckhorn areas of Larimer County. Livneh is an
When Western wildfires break out, water may first come to mind as a critical resource for helping extinguish it. But what about after the flames finish? A 2022 CU study on the growing impact of wildfire on the Western U.S. water supply found that
9NEWS explored climate change solutions with Colorado experts at a town hall on Wednesday. The town hall included topics like weather, water, wildfires and what we can do to protect our planet. The panelists were: Becky Bolinger, assistant
The Colorado River runs nearly fifteen hundred miles, winding through seven states and Mexico. It supplies drinking water to nearly 40 million people, irrigates nearly 4 million acres of farmland and attracts millions of nature lovers to scenic
The ‘Burn Scars’ of Wildfires Threaten the West’s Drinking Water Colorado saw its worst fire season last year, with the three largest fires in state history and more than 600,000 acres burned. But some of the effects didn’t appear until this July,