Research and Creative Activity News

On May 19, 2021, the Arizona Institutes for Resilience presented the third episode of the Water Solutions for Our Warmer World series, “The Realities of Adaptation in the Water Sector,” moderated by Andrea Gerlak from the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy and School of Geography, Development & Environment.

On February 1, 2021, the Arizona Institutes for Resilience (AIR) awarded Resilience Grants totaling $823,101 to 13 teams representing six UArizona colleges and 14 departments or units. The grants are funded by the Technology and Research Initiative Fund (TRIF), administered by the Office of Research, Innovation & Impact and AIR and supported by a small portion of Arizona sales tax revenues.

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I am a third-year PhD Candidate in the Biosystems Engineering (BE) department, and my specialization is Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA). 

Ladd Keith is an interdisciplinary researcher working at the intersection of urban planning and climate change to create more sustainable and resilient cities. He is an Assistant Professor in Planning and Sustainable Built Environments at the University of Arizona College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture. 

Jonathan Jae-an Crisman is an artist and urban scholar whose work considers the intersections between culture, politics, and place. He is an Assistant Professor in Public & Applied Humanities at the University of Arizona College of Humanities. 

Electric utilities across the U.S. are setting goals for GHG emissions reduction as part of international agreements, such as the Paris Climate Agreement, and in recognition of the need to address carbon emissions in the energy sector.

In 2018 the University of Arizona joined the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3), comprising 20 leading North American research universities. The goal: helping communities accelerate climate action.

Within the past decade, alarming footage of Western forest fires has become part of the daily news for a good part of the year. California’s 2017 Thomas Fire was the costliest on record. The Camp Fire, which burned 153,336 acres in Northern California in fall 2018, was the deadliest in the state’s history.

Mining has long been a key part of Arizona’s economy, from the boomtowns that sprouted up in the 1800s to today’s streamlined industries that operate across the state, but it has often come at a cost to the environment and public health.

The Sonoran Desert’s typically high-alkaline soil, minimal rainfall and extreme temperatures (which can dip below freezing in winter and routinely reach 110 degrees in summer) make it a challenging agricultural environment.