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What can prairie dogs teach us about wildfire management?

Aug. 25, 2025

The small mammals eat vegetation, create burrows and clear ground. How do those habits impact the spread of wildfires?

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Minh Ngo: Harmonizing Innovation and Sustainability

Aug. 7, 2025
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Valerie Trouet using a specialized tool to take a sample from a tree

Global network taps tree rings to study impact of tropical drought

Aug. 5, 2025

A study involving U of A researchers shows that, while droughts appear to have had a modest impact on tropical tree growth in the past, that may not be the case for long.

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Tree ring study reveals Western Apache fire management practices buffered climate effects

Aug. 4, 2025

Research shows small, frequent fires by mobile hunter-gatherer groups controlled landscape-scale fire activity.

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NIH awards $2.8M to study environmental, chemical effects on women's fertility

July 23, 2025

A new grant from the National Institutes of Health will allow U of A researchers to further investigate the role that chemicals found in plastics and cosmetics have on women's health and metabolism.

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How the U of A's Arizona Meteorological Network feeds data to the National Weather Service

July 8, 2025

The information is valuable to agriculture, public safety and urban planners and even contributes to the weather app on your phone.

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Grace Toftner: Engineering Sustainability

July 3, 2025

Grace Toftner is a senior majoring in chemical engineering at the University of Arizona. In this Q&A, Grace talks about how her engineering background connects with her sustainability goals, how students can lead by example, and why caring about the environment matters no matter what you’re studying.

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New Internship Course Lets Students Contribute to On-Campus Sustainability Efforts

July 3, 2025
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Creature culture: What animal behavior can teach us about saving nature

June 24, 2025

What can the varied behaviors of wildlife reveal about the relationship between human civilization and the animal kingdom?

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Researchers and students growing crops at the University of Arizona Campus Agricultural Center

Rooted in tradition, growing with science: Revitalizing Indigenous crops in the Southwest

June 23, 2025

Michael Kotutwa Johnson leads a project at the University of Arizona Campus Agricultural Center that involves low-cost irrigation trials, nutritional analysis of traditional crops and the development of databases to capture the science of Indigenous agricultural systems.

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