Food, film and futurists: Here's what's happening in the Wonder House at South by Southwest March 8, 2023 Dozens of presentations from UArizona experts, a film festival and more are on tap at this year's Wonder House as the university returns to South by Southwest. Read more at UArizona News Image
Eva Quintanar: A Sustainable Eller Student March 3, 2023 Meet a UArizona senior majoring in Economics at the Eller College of Management and minoring in Sustainable Built Environments. As a member of Students for Sustainability, she loves sharing the projects the group is working on across the UArizona campus. Read more Image
Campus highlights: The UA offers affordable, eco-friendly bike services March 1, 2023 Read more Image
Why and Where Snakes Hibernate Feb. 24, 2023 Snakes are cold-blooded animals, or ectothermic, because they get their temperature from their surroundings and cannot generate their own body heat. While this can come in handy, the downside of being a cold-blooded animal is the struggle to survive in cold environments. Read more Image
New UArizona report offers hope to farmers during historic water crisis Feb. 23, 2023 More environmentally friendly agriculture practices are needed to keep the farming industry strong in Arizona, a report from the university's Southwest Center finds. Read more at UArizona News Image
Night skies are getting 9.6% brighter every year as light pollution erases stars for everyone Feb. 23, 2023 Data shows that the night sky got, on average, 9.6% brighter every year. For many people, the night sky today is twice as bright as it was eight years ago. The brighter the sky, the fewer stars you can see. If this trend continues, a child born today in a place where 250 stars are visible now would only be able to see 100 stars on their 18th birthday. Read more Image
Before global warming, was Earth cooling down or heating up? Feb. 20, 2023 Climate models and geologic archives are at odds over whether Earth gradually warmed or cooled over the past few thousand years. Researchers tackle this global "temperature conundrum" in a new paper. Read more at UArizona News Image
UArizona researchers awarded $1.2M to explore farming at existing solar power sites Feb. 15, 2023 A $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy supports a UArizona agrivoltaics project that will examine how crop production and livestock grazing can flourish at existing commercial solar farms. Read more at UArizona News Image
Economic impact of UArizona space sciences rivals that of Super Bowl Feb. 8, 2023 University of Arizona space sciences activities generate more than $560 million every year for the local economy, according to an economic impact report delivered by Rounds Consulting Group. Read more at UArizona News Image
Chris Zatarain: Creating Music to Tell Environmental Stories Feb. 3, 2023 Chris specializes in playing the oboe and the English horn which he uses to create music that synthesizes the world between music, art, science, and the environment. In the last couple of years he has composed two pieces of environmental sound art/music. His most recent piece carries people through the emotions felt as reading Earth’s Wild Music written by Kathleen Dean Moore. Read more Image