In an era of increasing climate instability, the southwestern region in the United States faces strained water resources, greater prevalence of tree-killing pests and potentially significant alterations of agricultural infrastructure.
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BioView, produced by students in the UA's fall 2012 science journalism class, is a 32-page full-color magazine that captures the past, present, and future of Biosphere 2.
A three-time alumnus with a joint appointment at UA’s Southwest Center, Sheridan has never been too long gone from the Sonoran Desert he loves.
Considering the fate of banana peels and half-eaten sandwiches, among other food waste, is the job of UA’s Compost Cats, who transform dining hall scraps into compost for gardens and trees at the College of Agriculture and other community gardens.
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Researchers at the UA's Tumamoc Hill have digitized 106 years of growth data on individual plants, making the information available for study by people all over the world.
Stuart Thomson's research involves the use and development of devices to determine the time and temperature history of rocks and minerals. His most recent project applied these techniques to determine the age of Antarctica’s subglacial fjords.
Warming trends and other indicators suggest warmer-than-average conditions are in store for the May–July period in the Southwest; forecasts also call for below-average precipitation in northern Arizona and in all of New Mexico, but with higher...
The UA has been honored in the EPA's first-ever Campus Rainworks Challenge, a new design competition that inspires the next generation of landscape architects, planners and engineers to develop innovative green infrastructure systems.
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