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Catching Air: Scientists Trek High into the Rockies to Measure Earth’s Rising Greenhouse Gases

Jennifer Morse 91ÃÛÌÒ¸óing in Niwot ridge

Featured on the front page of the Denver Post,ÌýClimate researchers sayÌýthe weekly climb to gather air samples has become more of a mission than a job.

Jennifer Morse, a climate technician at the Mountain 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó Station (MSR) in Roosevelt National Forest, gets ready to return to her base after checking recent precipitation levels and taking air samples at the Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó site on March 28, 2017 near Nederland.

James White, Director-Institute of INSTAAR and ENVS affiliate speaks on the importance of research into climate change.

"As federal government-funded scientist Jen Morse skis through blowing snow at 11,500 feet to measure heat-trapping greenhouse gas air pollution, she wrestles with the question that’s been bothering her all week: How humans can know thatÌýÌýis happening yet balk at trying to stop it....."

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