WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 [Category: Sociological] -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws posted the following news release: * * * Analysis: Cannabis Use Not Linked to Suicide in High-Risk Individuals * Boulder, CO: Cannabis use is not associated with an increased risk of later life suicidality in high-risk young adults, according to longitudinal data published in the journal Addictive Behaviors Reports. Investigators affiliated with the University of Colorado at Boulder a  more

BOULDER, Colorado, Dec. 19 -- The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences issued the following news: * * * CIRES and CU Boulder engineering researchers team up to better test and measure indoor air quality in local home The extended campaign tested new instruments in real time--the first study of its kind * Last summer, CU Boulder Engineering Professor Marina Vance took scientific field research to a new level: she moved her family out of their home in Boulder for seven  more

BOULDER, Colorado, Dec. 19 -- The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences issued the following news: * * * CIRES researchers challenge status quo to make field research safer and more inclusive New frameworks address both exclusionary policies and recommendations for hostile behaviors that occur once they get there * Field research in extreme environments is essential--yet faces dual safety challenges. Top-down safety policies exclude qualified researchers before they e  more

BOULDER, Colorado, Dec. 19 -- The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences issued the following news on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * Machine learning helps scientists detect glacial lake outburst floods in Greenland New method developed at CIRES helps glaciologists understand how and when these climate hazards occur * A CIRES graduate student is developing machine learning methods to detect glacial lake outburst floods from ice-marginal lakes along the Greenland Ice Sheet, work   more

BOULDER, Colorado, Dec. 19 (TNSrpt) -- The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences issued the following news: * * * Overlapping natural hazards worsen U.S. air quality CIRES researchers find rural Americans face an increased burden when wildfires, floods, or drought occur simultaneously * New CIRES research finds air quality in the United States worsens when natural hazards co-occur, such as when wildfires overlap with droughts or heatwaves. The results show these situa  more