Jump to navigation
A third of Earth's continental land masses is arid or semiarid. What happens to water supplies in these regions is going to have a big impact on political stability, environmental quality and the quality of life for millions of people, UA Regents Professor Soroosh Sorooshian emphasizes at the AAAS meeting in Washington, D.C.
UA Professor Terry Bahill has used numbers, graphs and mathematical analysis to study some of baseball's more intriguing questions -- and reveal some of its more persistant myths.
New research confirms what we've heard before - 21st century global climate will be warmer. It's high time we get serious about climate forecasting, UA's Jonathan Overpeck says today (Feb. 17) in Nature.
Fire managers from key regions around the country and climate experts will meet at the University of Arizona Feb. 23 - 24 to discuss how best to plan for the upcoming wildfire season.
Supernovae suggest a possible new geometry for the universe - and maybe where gamma ray bursts come from, UA astronomer Adam Burrows reports today in Nature.
Cassini spacecraft cameras photographed asteroid Masursky Jan. 23. Cassini is midway through the asteroid belt, heading toward Jupiter.
"Ma'am, ma'am, you can't have that dog in here. You have to take it out. We don't allow pets in here."
Where does one go to find information about tropical rainfall patterns since the last major glaciation? Try the driest desert of South America.
Larry A. Lebofsky, a senior research associate at the UA Lunar and Planetary Lab, has won the 2000 Carl Sagan Award given to scientists who excel in communicating with the public.
An international policy conference, initiated by a UA hydrologist, will look at ways to insure fresh water supplies worldwide.
