Giant old saguaros can be resilient. It's baby saguaros researchers are worried about. Aug. 14, 2024 Researcher Peter Breslin, of the Arizona Institute for Resilience at the University of Arizona has surveyed thousands of saguaros that spike up from Tumamoc Hill, a volcanic outcropping in Tucson, in 2022 and 2023. Read more Image
Navajo Nation, University of Arizona Strengthen Public Health Collaboration With MOU Aug. 13, 2024 Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren, alongside key representatives from the Navajo Department of Health and the Navajo Epidemiology Center, signed an MOU on August 5 with the University of Arizona to collaborate on data related to COVID-19 infections. Read more Image
Building Community Through Music, Art, and Watershed Science July 1, 2024 The winners of the second AIR Annual Resilience Theme Grant seek to inspire community stewardship of local watersheds through music, art, and science. Read more Image
Magic of the Monsoon: A 'Socially and Ecologically' Important Phenomenon June 20, 2024 AIR is again hosting Monsoon Fantasy Forecasts, a game in which desert dwellers – or anyone around the world with an internet connection – can bet on the amount of rainfall that each month of the monsoon will bring to the Southwest. Read more Image
Tumamoc Researcher Seeks Ways to Adapt Agriculture to Climate Change June 7, 2024 What if you could take foods grown in the Sonoran Desert and plant them around the world, addressing future food insecurity worsened by a warming planet? Read more Image
Rachel Gallery Selected as New Voice in Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine May 22, 2024 Rachel E. Gallery, Director of the AIR Lovejoy Center, has been selected as a member of the 2024-2026 cohort of New Voices in the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Read more Image
Undergraduate Researcher Unites Diverse Talents and Community Impact May 21, 2024 Arden Holloway — an AIR Earth Grant intern and Honors student who is graduating with a 4.0 GPA, double majors in Urban and Regional Development and Arabic, and minoring in both Geographic Information Science and Gender and Women’s Studies — is the recipient of the SBS Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award for spring 2024. This award recognizes a graduating senior in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences who has demonstrated academic achievement, originality, and creativity in an independent, undergraduate research project. Read more Image
More climate-warming methane leaks into the atmosphere than ever gets reported – here’s how satellites can find the leaks and avoid wasting a valuable resource May 3, 2024 Read more Image
The Colorado River: A High-Level Look at the Water Shortage and Policy Negotiations Today April 22, 2024 With federal guidelines set to expire in 2026, policymakers and interest groups are hustling to set a course for the Colorado River's policy future. Here's what four UArizona experts had to say about the current state of governance on the river. Read more Image
UArizona Faculty Leads Efforts to Preserve Indigenous Agriculture with Innovative Water Conservation Methods April 18, 2024 Michael Kotutwa Johnson, supported by a grant from the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research, aims to protect crop biodiversity and ensure access to nutritious food for Indigenous people. Read more Image