AIR researcher Neha Gupta joins Makayla Goos on the Tucson Now desk, to talk about a recently released, groundbreaking project offering solutions to Arizona’s impending water crisis.

As extreme heat continues to affect communities across the United States, media outlets are increasingly turning to experts to help explain the risks and the solutions. In a recent CNN interview, Ladd Keith, Director of the Heat Resilience Initiative within the Arizona Institute for Resilience and Associate Research Professor at the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, discusses the growing impacts of extreme heat and the importance of building more resilient communities.

Ladd Keith directs the Heat Resilience Initiative within the Arizona Institute for Resilience. In this interview, Keith describes this year’s potential Super El Niño and the heat-related effects that people across the U.S. could later this summer and into winter because of this weather pattern.

As temperatures rise, researchers are rethinking how cities measure and respond to urban heat. But experts say successful solutions require finding solutions tailored to local conditions rather than relying on one-size-fits-all fixes.

An AIR-led team of collaborators from Arizona’s three state universities today released a detailed report and associated products describing possible solutions to the state’s concerns about future water resource availability.

The North American monsoon season officially began on June 15 and so did the Southwest Monsoon Fantasy Forecasts, a community game hosted by the Arizona Institute for Resilience at the University of Arizona.

University of Arizona professor and Hopi dry farmer Michael Kotutwa Johnson co-authored a new study out of the University of Arizona that measures the scale and economic output of tribal agriculture in Arizona.

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine calls for the U.S. Department of Energy to develop innovative technology and infrastructure at the intersection of the nation's water and energy systems.

This spring, Palmenberg graduated with a bachelor’s degree in statistics and data science from the University of Arizona, where he also works as a student employee with the Arizona Institute for Resilience (AIR). Now, he is preparing to begin his master’s program, carrying with him a passion for education, collaboration, and making complex information more approachable for younger audiences.

Elise Gornish, an associate professor and extension specialist in the school of natural resources and the environment within the University of Arizona’s College of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences, and faculty director of AIR’s Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill, recently received a University Distinguished Outreach Faculty Award.