A huge thank you to our amazing community and supporters for the donations we’ve received so far 💫 Because of you, we’re one step closer to our goal. If you’re able to help us go even further, donations are still open. Every contribution counts. Thank you for supporting CEEE!

📢 Calling all Colorado Middle School Science Teachers! Bring real-world data puzzles into your classroom. Join the Data Puzzles PLC to explore engaging datasets and modern data sensemaking strategies! #DataPuzzles #CEEE #CIRES #MiddleSchoolTeachers

Curious about what type of research you could do with RECCS? Check out these past projects our participants have been a part of! 🌟 Ready to dive into hands-on research? Apply for RECCS today! ✨ 🔗 ceee.colorado.edu/programs/reccs

New research led by @andreasschmittner.bsky.social @osuceoas.bsky.social simulates an AMOC collapse to learn how it could affect ocean carbon storage, isotopic signatures, and carbon cycling. #AGUPubs 🧪🌊 eos.org/research-spo...

At the 2025 AGU Annual Meeting in New Orleans, CIRES scientist Michael MacFerrin & CEEE Director Anne Gold pushed for real change in extreme field research. Their panels focused on making fieldwork more inclusive for marginalized researchers & creating safer environments in the most remote places 🌍

🚨 Save the Date! 🚨 The 2026 Corden Pharma Science Fair in Boulder, CO is almost here! 🌟 We’re celebrating student excellence in STEM (Science, Tech, Engineering, & Math) from middle and high schools across Boulder, Longmont, and beyond! 🔬

🌟 Meet Our Expert Research Mentors! 🌟 Our mentors are leaders in their fields and eager to work with the next generation of scientists. Check out some of our previous mentors and the amazing work they specialize in! Ready to dive into hands-on research?

Greenland is home to more than 3,000 ice marginal lakes: pools of meltwater trapped by glaciers that have dammed river valleys or depressions. Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) happen when those dams break and release catastrophic floods of meltwater.

"Positive 'greening' of our daily activities may soothe our consciousness, but a sole focus on the individual consumer level runs the risk of displacing or subsuming attention paid to larger-scale organizational carbon practices in the private as well as public sectors."

🚨 Attention Community College Students! 🚨 Looking for hands-on research experience? The RECCS application is OPEN! ✨ Learn more and apply here: 🔗 ceee.colorado.edu/programs/reccs Attend the information session: 🔗 tinyurl.com/RECCS26-Info-Session #ResearchOpportunity #CommunityCollege #RECCS

We are Water is an NSF-funded education project within the @ciresceee.bsky.social at @cires.colorado.edu and a grant recipient of @colorado.edu Office for Public and Community-Engaged Scholarship. #water #alamosa #sanluisvalley #riogrande #CIRES #CEEE #wearewater

Help us keep science opportunities accessible! The Research Experience for Community College Students program empowers students with research skills and career exploration. View the program testimonial quotes below and, if you can, please consider donating: lnkd.in/gTayc_EJ

Happy holiday season! Your generosity helps expand access to earth and environmental science education, strengthen partnerships with schools and communities across Colorado, and evaluate programs that make a real difference in people’s lives. Donate today: tinyurl.com/donateCEEE

Congratulations to CEEE’s own Hilary Peddicord 🎉 She has been selected as the Graduate Student Board Member for the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS)!

📣 Save the Date! The Resilient Futures Teacher Workshop returns July 28–30, 2026 in Boulder, CO! 🌄 Middle & high school educators are invited to a 3-day, hands-on workshop exploring climate science, natural hazards, water resources, mental health, data literacy & more.

🚨 We’re recruiting full field teams for a research study on the impact of the AFS training! Teams will complete short surveys and join an interview or focus group. Incentives are available! Ready to level up your next field season? 🌄✨

Join us for a weekend of community, creativity, and connection as we celebrate the We Are Water Alamosa Community Exhibit, part of Ripples of Resilience: Stories and Strategies for a Thriving Future 💧✨ Bring family and friends, everyone is welcome! 🌱💫

We are thrilled to announce that the contributions of CEEE's own Hilary Peddicord to the Building Insights Through Observation project and work done by Data Puzzles (led by Jon Griffith) have been recognized in a NSF spotlight by the Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education (CADRE). 🌟

Data Puzzles will be at the NSTA (National Science Teaching Association) Conference in Minneapolis November 12th to 15th! You can find CEEE Curriculum Developer Jon Griffith at either of the following presentations:

October research highlights from our journals! From Arctic food webs to beaver-powered fire resilience, biodiversity maintenance & sea star recovery — explore the latest ecological science in our new tip sheet📰 Find it here: esa.org/blog/2025/10... 📷 by Sean Johnson-Bice

Local videographer Shelley Schlender joined Tim Seastedt for a walk through the new Spruce Gulch Wildlife and Research Reserve recently. Spruce Gulch was gifted to CU earlier this year by a private donor. Tim is spearheading research and education on the property. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfli...

Our free virtual workshop series #MidweekMomentum continues this week with a webinar collaboration from the Colorado Department of Transportation and CEEE! You won't want to miss out💡📖 To see all the Midweek Momentum webinars, visit tinyurl.com/midweek-momentum

Lightning flashes within the powerful eye wall of Hurricane Melissa. Incredible imagery this morning of Melissa, a Category 5 storm, south of Jamaica.

Our free virtual workshop series #MidweekMomentum continues with just two more events left in October! Swipe ➡️ to take a sneak peek at our upcoming November webinars. You won't want to miss out💡📖 To see all the Midweek Momentum webinars, visit tinyurl.com/midweek-momentum

Big changes like earthquakes and melting glaciers can affect tiny communities of microbes. New research investigates this phenomenon in the Copper River Delta.

World’s oceans losing their greenness through global heating, study finds

Interested in attending an international Arctic conference and learning from Indigenous and Western knowledge holders? Alaska students are invited to apply to NNA’s research experience program! Learn more at tinyurl.com/NNA-REU-2026-Application

Don't forget to sign up for our October Midweek Momentum webinar series!

In this #FreeResourceMonday, students will learn about megafires and their frequency over time. They will then be challenged to construct conceptual models for a changing climate and land management in this three-part lesson. 🌲🔥 Find this resource and more here: ceee.colorado.edu/lesson/data-...

In celebration of #IndigenousPeoplesDay, read a new blog post by James Rattling Leaf, Sr., the CIRES Tribal Advisor who stands at the intersection of Indigenous knowledge and Western science. "An Indigenous vision for #sustainability at CU." cires.colorado.edu/spotlights/i...

Are you or someone you know interested in Arctic research? Undergraduate students in Alaska communities are encouraged to apply to Navigating the New Arctic’s short research experience program. Use this link to learn more and apply: tinyurl.com/nna-reu-2026

In 2020, California’s Creek Fire grew so severe that it began producing its own weather system. These wildfire-born storms have become a growing part of fire seasons across the West, with lasting impacts on air quality, weather, and climate. bit.ly/firethunder #ScienceThatMattersNow #Wildfire

ICYMI: save the date for the 2026 NNA Annual Community Meeting! September 15-17, 2026 in Fairbanks, Alaska.

The first of CEEE’s free monthly virtual webinar series #MidweekMomentum starts today! Here is the rest of our October line-up. Our events are designed to cultivate teaching strategies such as data sensemaking, place-based teaching, and action frameworks to increase climate resilience.

Clearing the Air: The War on Smog is a PBS American Experience film that tells the story of L.A.'s noxious smog problem and the creation of the #EPA and Clean Air Act. Our Ellie Browne was the Science Advisor! Watch here: www.pbs.org/video/cleari...

PECWS synthesized thousands of ideas from all career stages, but now we need YOU to help make that effort count. Please share the PECWS report widely with your networks to endorse the awesome ideas that came from PECWS! cires.colorado.edu/news/early-c...

From making clouds in a jar to safely investigating how cars lose control on ice, these activities are designed to inspire curiosity, build problem-solving skills, and make learning exciting beyond the classroom. Check out our full collection and see what discoveries you can make today!

Join CEEE’s free monthly virtual webinar series #MidweekMomentum designed to cultivate teaching strategies such as data sensemaking, place-based teaching, and action frameworks to increase climate resilience. See these events and more at tinyurl.com/MidweekMomentum

CIRES Research Affiliate Carrie McDougall has been awarded the ASTC Roy L. Shafer Leading Edge Award for her outstanding accomplishments as a NOAA civil servant. We congratulate Carrie on this well-deserved recognition and thank her for her lasting contributions! #CIRES #CEEE #Awards #NOAA

We welcome Ellen Considine as a new CIRES Fellow! Previously a @CUBoulder undergrad, Considine returns to campus to study environmental health and data science. Read about her here:

Max Boykoff, CIRES fellow has been named the inaugural faculty executive director of the newly launched Buckley Center for Sustainability Education. Boykoff brings deep expertise in sustainability and interdisciplinary collaboration. buff.ly/mEqUBRd.

Interested in one of our award-winning field trips but can't come in person? Good news! We offer virtual options as well, all you need to participate is a computer, webcam, and internet access. We bring the science to you!

Calling all middle and high school teachers! Join curriculum developer Jon Griffith and biologist Dr. Megan DeMarche in a Data Puzzles workshop exploring two data sensemaking strategies: Slow Reveal and Evidence For, Evidence Against. Learn more: tinyurl.com/DPWebinarCEEE

Huge kudos to the We are Water team for their newly published article in Informal Learning Review, “Water Meaning Maps in We Are Water Exhibit Evaluation”! Learn more: tinyurl.com/WAWMeaning-M...

In June, the CIRES Center for Education, Engagement, and Evaluation (CEEE) hosted a two-and-a-half-day training focused on climate literacy, hazard education, teaching with data, and social-emotional skills. @ciresceee.bsky.social @colorado.edu Read the story: cires.colorado.edu/news/ceees-r...

🌱 This June, be part of something BIG! We’re celebrating #GiveOutdoorLearning, a statewide movement supporting 30+ orgs (including us!) bringing learning outdoors. Help us keep our work going! 💚 📅 Donate: mtyc.co/2ham3g 💞 Support others: www.coloradogives.org/GiveOutdoorL... #GiveWhereItGrows

The Building Insights through Observation (BIO) project uses arts-based education practices to support deeper learning in science classrooms. “Being a part of this project has been very transformative for my teaching,” said Mark Goldner, a partner teacher. Read the story: buff.ly/mVtd7bU

📣 Calling all Colorado middle & high school teachers! Join us for the Resilient Futures Teacher Workshop in Boulder. This hands-on event features classroom-ready lessons on natural hazards, climate mental health, data literacy, and more. 🌍💧 Visit our website to register ➡️ buff.ly/3CQmy2E

📣🚨 Calling all Middle & High School Science Teachers near Gunnison, CO! This is your last chance to register for the Resilient Futures in Rural Colorado Teacher Workshop happening June 3–4! Don’t miss it! Sign up at this link ➡️ bit.ly/4j3BiuS

The Hazard Education, Awareness, and Resilience Task Force (HEART Force) is proud to celebrate the success of some amazing students at Primero High School! 🎉 To learn more, visit ➡️ conta.cc/4dj3GHw 🔗