Joan Kleypas has conducted pioneering research into the effects of climate change on coral reefs.

Veterans seeking work on the northern Front Range will have the opportunity to talk directly with employers at the event, which is co-sponsored by UCAR and Workforce Boulder County.

The study underscores the complex and sometimes conflicting ways in which fossil fuel burning affects Earth’s climate.

Every so often, a dome of upper-level high pressure sits in place for a few days, sometimes as long as several weeks. A major block can produce seemingly endless stretches of blazing heat or bitter cold. By the time it dissipates, it may leave behind a whole stack of broken weather records and an array of disastrous consequences.