April 25, 2022 NASA gives green light for OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to visit another asteroid The extended UArizona-led mission, dubbed OSIRIS-APEX, will study the near-Earth asteroid Apophis, which is expected to have a close encounter with Earth in 2029.
April 20, 2022 Small but mighty: How UArizona researchers are harnessing the power of algae to capture carbon A team of University of Arizona researchers is working to scale up production of carbon-absorbing marine algae in an effort to curb the worst impacts of climate change.
April 14, 2022 Researchers at Biosphere 2 will plant coffee trees to celebrate Earth Day Coffee is the world's most traded product, and it is highly vulnerable to climate change. Researchers at Biosphere 2 are studying coffee plant sensitivity and how growing and bean processing conditions affect flavor.
March 31, 2022 Increased heat and drought stunt tropical trees, a major carbon sink UArizona researchers were leaders in a worldwide effort to understand tropical trees and their futures under climate change. They found that heat and drought slow the growth of these trees, which are major carbon dioxide absorbers.
March 31, 2022 Women in climate change: Ellen McMahon Ellen McMahon focuses on the potential for art to make people more receptive and responsive to the facts of climate change.
March 29, 2022 Women in climate change: Theresa Crimmins As director of the USA National Phenology Network, Theresa Crimmins engages scientists, natural resource managers and volunteers nationwide in tracking when plants and animals undergo seasonal life cycle events.
March 25, 2022 Women in climate change: Mona Arora One of Mona Arora's current projects is to bring together teams to understand how the COVID-19 response can inform both pandemic and climate preparedness.
March 23, 2022 Women in climate change: Kirsten Engel Kirsten Engel researches how, why and when state and local climate policies spread to other jurisdictions or to the federal government.
March 21, 2022 'Boom! Fizzz! Ker-POW!' – UArizona instructor's comics turn chemistry into adventure Chemistry instructor Colleen Kelley uses her imagination and knack for storytelling to make "boring" chemistry anything but. By disguising chemical elements as superheroes and turning chemical reactions into mysteries, her comics help fourth through sixth graders master chemistry concepts typically taught at the college level.
March 21, 2022 Women in climate change: Beth Tellman Floods affect more people than any other type of natural disaster and are expected to increase as the climate changes. Beth Tellman uses satellite data to better understand where floods occur and to develop applications for emergency response and recovery.
