Sept. 13, 2021 Jet Stream Changes Could Amplify Weather Extremes by 2060s By drilling deep into the Greenland ice sheet, researchers reconstructed the jet stream's past and found that climate-caused disruptions are likely to have drastic weather-related consequences.
Sept. 1, 2021 Study Shows Impacts of Deforestation and Forest Burning on Amazon Biodiversity Since 2001, between 40,000 and 73,400 square miles of Amazon rainforest have been impacted by fires, affecting 95% of all Amazonian species and as many as 85% of species that are listed as threatened in the region.
Oct. 8, 2021 Engineers 3D-Print Personalized, Wireless Wearables That Never Need a Charge The new, custom-made devices could mean massive improvements in the monitoring and treatment of diseases, the testing of new drugs, and the ability to track personal health.
Sept. 7, 2021 Researchers Enlist Robot Swarms to Mine Lunar Resources As scientists begin to more seriously consider constructing bases on celestial bodies such as the moon, the idea of space mining is growing in popularity. With $500,000 in NASA funding, UArizona engineers are working to advance space-mining methods that use swarms of autonomous robots.
Aug. 11, 2021 OSIRIS-REx Improves Understanding of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids NASA and UArizona scientists were able to significantly reduce uncertainties about asteroid Bennu's orbit and determine the likelihood of the asteroid impacting Earth between now and the year 2300.
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 29, 2021 Mars Lake Hypothesis on Ice After Study Offers Different Explanation Scientists have long debated what is under the surface of Mars' south pole. A new study points to clays being more likely than a subsurface lake.
July 27, 2021 Bug Bonanza: 7 Big, Colorful Critters to Try to Spot This Monsoon Season Summers are a smorgasbord of insect activity in Arizona. Entomologist Gene Hall breaks down some of the unique critters that are making an appearance after the monsoon rains.
July 6, 2021 Methane in the Plumes of Saturn's Moon Enceladus: Possible Signs of Life? An unknown methane-producing process is likely at work in the hidden ocean beneath the icy shell of Saturn's moon Enceladus, suggests a new study co-authored by UArizona scientist Régis Ferrière.
Today Geologists rewind the clock to reveal secrets about Earth's mysterious mantle A University of Arizona geologist and research team use the movement of one of Earth's tectonic plates to piece together Earth's past and infer what is happening in the mantle below.