Dreams come true for students in the environmental sciences
Growing up in Durango, Peter Ferraro was keenly familiar with mountain ecosystems. But it was a trip to Pawnee National…
Category: Climate and Environment
5 ways to help Colorado’s backyard birds thrive
Every spring, metro Denver becomes ground zero for migrating birds on their way to nesting grounds nationwide. As temperatures warm,…
Lives at risk without translated storm and fire alerts, experts warn
The termination of a contract to translate National Weather Service bulletins and other products into Spanish, Mandarin, Vietnamese, French and…
Brewing up summer vibes
There’s hardly a cooler place to catch a summer concert than Denver Botanic Gardens. The venue’s scenic amphitheater invites music…
Love it or hate it, daylight saving time should be nothing to lose sleep over
Daylight saving time returns Sunday morning, reviving concerns about the tradition’s health impacts, along with debate about whether the benefits…
How close are we to reaching the Red Planet?
Organizations such as NASA and SpaceX have long shared the ambition of reaching Mars. It is, after all, the most…
Microplastics might be worse than you think. Here’s why
Just when it seemed the news about microplastics’ potential for harm couldn’t get worse, an environmental researcher at Metropolitan State…
Where did all the monarch butterflies go?
Once a common sight in gardens and fields, western monarch-butterfly populations have plummeted more than 90% since the 1980s. The…
Biology grad maintains safe habitat at Denver Zoo
This story appears in the fall 2024 issue of RED Magazine. For more than two decades, the Denver Zoo has…
Sustainability Hub takes root at MSU Denver
This story appears in the fall 2024 issue of RED Magazine. In his former career as a software architect and…