Oct. 26, 2021 UArizona Ranks Among EPA's Top University Green Power Users UArizona is No. 9 on the agency's Top 30 College & University list of the largest green power users. The ranking recognizes UArizona's Large Scale Renewable Energy agreement with Tucson Electric Power Co.
Oct. 6, 2021 UArizona Partners on $10M USDA Grant to Expand Research on Growing Crops Under Solar Panels UArizona researchers are part of a national team analyzing how the practice of growing crops under solar panels can best be implemented across the country.
Sept. 16, 2021 HydroGEN Project Awarded $5M to Model National Water Resources Using Machine Learning HydroGEN, a UArizona-led project funded by the National Science Foundation's Convergence Accelerator program, will allow researchers to build a national platform for hydrologic forecasting.
Sept. 14, 2021 NSF Awards UArizona-Led Team $2.8M to Study Earth's Mysterious Subsurface Beneath Earth's surface is a vibrant world of life unlike any other, and researchers hope to dig into its secrets by partnering with companies that drill up to thousands of feet deep.
Sept. 9, 2021 New Estimate Makes Groundwater, Not Ice Sheets, Largest Water Reservoir on Land New research suggests that the volume of salty water 2 to 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) beneath the Earth's surface is double previous estimates. The water could store waste fluids, sequester carbon and direct our search for extraterrestrial life.
Aug. 16, 2021 Udall Scholar Already Making Big Change in Tribal Communities From a young age, Nadira Mitchell's mom encouraged her to explore outdoors and taught her about her Navajo culture. Mitchell now hopes to turn her lifelong love of nature into a career as a tribal liaison for wildlife conservation.
Aug. 9, 2021 UArizona Paleoclimatologist Weighs in on 'Hot Drought' as a Lead Author on IPCC Climate Report UArizona again contributed to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, with researcher Jessica Tierney helping pen much of the section on drought and aridity.
July 27, 2021 Climate Adaptation at the Department of Defense and Beyond New UArizona-led research identifies climate change challenges faced by U.S. Department of Defense facilities, and solutions that might serve as a model for other large organizations.
May 3, 2021 UArizona Cuts Carbon Footprint with All-Renewable Grid-Purchased Power Through an agreement with Tucson Electric Power, UArizona will get all of its purchased energy from two sources: the Oso Grande Wind Farm in southeastern New Mexico and the Wilmot Energy Center solar-plus-storage system south of Tucson.
Feb. 24, 2021 Harvesting Sunlight and Plant Power on UArizona's Greenest Building Construction of a rooftop garden and solar panels atop the University of Arizona's ENR2 building is complete. The site will not only generate electricity, but also create environmental research opportunities.
