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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.
2008 Monsoon Weather Discussion
June 19, 2008
Beginning on Monday, June 23, the Department of Atmospheric Sciences will hold briefings about the 2008 monsoon. The discussion will take place at 11:30 AM on Mondays and Wednesdays until the monsoon proper arrives, and will meet daily at the same time one it does arrive.
Grant Round-Up, June 2008
June 6, 2008
Every year, a number of UA faculty affiliated with ISPE take on new, innovative projects aimed at understanding our climate and environment and finding solutions to evolving environmental issues.
2008 North American Seasonal Assessment Workshop
May 9, 2008
The southern half of Arizona and New Mexico and the southern tips of California and Nevada are forecast to have above-normal significant fire potential during the May through August wildfire season, according to a report released this week by experts from The University of Arizona and a number of state and federal agencies.
Climate Change Adaptation for Water Managers Workshop: Executive Summary
February 15, 2008
The executive summary outlines a suite of strategies that workshop participants identified to help water managers adapt to climate change.
read the executive summary (pdf)
Fire danger forecast for 2008
February 14, 2008
A University of Arizona researcher was among a small group of climatologists, meteorologists, and fire experts who prepared a 2008 fire danger forecast
Water managers tackle adaptation and resiliency at workshop
February 11, 2008
Water managers explore strategies for smoothing the road toward adapting to climate change.
UA’s law, economics, and environment program tackles climate change adaptation
January 25, 2008
Just one year after its launch, The University of Arizona’s Program on Economics, Law, and the Environment (ELE) is taking on one of society’s most urgent issues: adaptation to climate change.
UA scientists receive $2.5 million grant to study the future of Amazon forests
November 16, 2007
By Stephanie Doster
An international team of scientists led by UA Professor Scott Saleska has received a five-year, $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to improve society’s understanding of the future of the Amazon forests under climate change and provide an international education to science students.
October 2007 Southern California Fires and Global Warming: Setting the Record Straight
October 26, 2007
By Thomas Swetnam, Anthony Westerling, and Gregg Garfin
In the wake of the news regarding the catastrophic Southern California fires and the CBS News 60 Minutes feature entitled “The Age Of Mega-Fires,” which aired Sunday, October 21, 2007, we have received many requests for information regarding the connection between global warming and the ongoing California fires. In this fact sheet, we set forth our best understanding.
UA Campus Sustainability Week
October 22, 2007
By Stephanie Doster
The University of Arizona community and the general public will have the chance to learn more about the UA’s sustainability efforts during Sustainability Week on October 24–30.
Mass spectrometers help track water contaminants
October 9, 2007
By Stephanie Doster
An interdisciplinary team of University of Arizona researchers has received a three-year, $539,000 National Science Foundation grant to buy two tandem mass spectrometers that will be used to study and monitor water quality in Arizona groundwater, rivers, and streams.
Agreement makes climate research collaboration easier, faster
September 27, 2007
By Stephanie Doster
The Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS) at The University of Arizona is poised to bolster its contributions to resource management and the understanding of climate variability thanks to an agreement that makes it easier for the project to collaborate with the California Department of Water Resources (DWR), a key player in water sustainability issues in the region.
UA journalism professor to discuss bestselling book at UA Bookstore
September 25, 2007
By Stephanie Doster
Alan Weisman, acclaimed environmental writer and journalism professor at The University of Arizona, will be on the UA campus this week to discuss his bestselling book, The World Without Us.
CLIMAS receives $4.2 million from NOAA
September 25, 2007
By Stephanie Doster
The Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS) project at The University of Arizona has received a $4.2 million grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for multi-pronged research that aims to improve society’s resilience to the effects of climate change and variability.
Faculty Commentary: Fueling and fighting wildland fire in Greece
August 31, 2007
By Barbara Morehouse
Wildfires burning in Greece since August 24 have ravaged communities and olive groves, claimed at least sixty-four lives, and sparked outrage among Greeks over their government’s handling of the country’s worst conflagrations in decades.
The University of Arizona launches initiative at Biosphere 2
August 2, 2007
By Stephanie Doster
Biosphere 2 in Oracle is home to the future interdisciplinary research of University of Arizona scientists tackling questions about global climate change and how water works on Earth.
Translational Science Fellowship Winners
July 12, 2007
ISPE congratulates the following winners of a Translational Science Fellowship in Environment, Water, Land and Natural Resource Sciences: Janick Artiola, Diane Austin, Eric Betterton, Katherine Hirschboeck, and Thomas Sheridan.
Battling buffelgrass
October 12, 2006
University of Arizona researchers fear that a buffelgrass invasion, left unchecked, could lead to the "the unhinging of the Sonoran Desert."
Five ISPE faculty members take on the topic of global climate change during lecture series
October 6, 2006
Seven UA researchers-including five faculty members affiliated with ISPE-will discuss "THE major environmental challenge" of this century in the upcoming UA College of Science lecture series, Global Climate Change.
UA climate scientists take a stand before the U.S. Supreme Court
October 5, 2006
Three UA scientists have filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, claiming that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency mischaracterized climate science in a recent ruling as more uncertain than it really is.
Leading UA scholars say early action is best "insurance policy" against climate change
January 12, 2006
In response to a December 2005 United Nations conference on climate change, leading scholars at the UA say more steps must be taken as "an insurance policy" against climate change.
Is global warming behind recent hurricanes?
UA scientists say it's not that simple
October 3, 2005
Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast in August 2005, unleashing a long-predicted Doomsday scenario on Southeast Louisiana and debate about whether global warming had a hand in the destruction. Scientists at the UA weigh in on the debate.