Welcome to ISPE
The Institute for the Study of Planet Earth (ISPE) is a center for disciplinary and interdisciplinary environmental and climate change science at The University of Arizona. Working with faculty and students from more than forty departments across campus, ISPE supports and helps coordinate the physical science, social science, and engineering research and education needed to understand how natural and human systems are likely to change and influence society in the months, years, and decades to come. From global warming impacts in Antarctica to water availability concerns in Arizona, ISPE builds on the UA's long-standing tradition of excellence in earth science and environmental programs to address regional and global change issues and provide society with the tools and solid scientific foundation needed to make the best decisions about our future.
Faculty affiliated with ISPE are focusing their talents on identifying sustainable solutions to evolving environmental issues that intersect a range of natural science, social science, and engineering disciplines.
CLIMAS News
June 2008 Southwest Climate Outlook
The June Southwest Climate Outlook is online and features the article, "The wet winter and the basins' bathtubs"
In the News
UA students look at Argentina's environmental issues
June 30, 2008
This spring, 10 UA student reporters traveled to Argentina to see how a nation still trying to emerge from economic turbulence is addressing—or ignoring—growing global environmental priorities.
In the News
UA Researchers Contribute to U.S. Climate Change Science Program Report
Several faculty affiliated with ISPE contributed to one of the most extensive examinations of climate impacts on U.S. ecosystems, which was released recently by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program.