Building Resilient
Arid Ecosystems
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Trial by fire: U of A-developed tool cuts through the noise in wildfire management
The Burn Period Tracker tool provides real-time information on the number of hours per day that relative humidity is less than or equal to 20% — a metric informally known as the "burn period." The tool has been widely adopted by fire managers across the Southwest.
Camp Cooper celebrates 60 years teaching Tucson's youth about the Sonoran Desert
For the first time in five decades, construction is underway at the Cooper Center for Environmental Learning, a "living classroom" tucked into the hills of the Sonoran Desert on Tucson's west side. The center is operated by the Tucson Unified School District in partnership with the University of Arizona College of Education.
U of A center awarded $7.4M for its work on climate adaptation solutions
Following an open competition, the University of Arizona has been selected to continue its work as host institution for the Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center. The center, part of the university's Arizona Institute for Resilience, also received $7.4 million from the U.S. Geological Survey to help fund practical solutions to high-priority climate adaptation needs.
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Interdisciplinary programs Building
Arid Ecosystem Resilience
Climate Assessment for the Southwest
Improving the ability of the region’s social and ecological systems to respond to and thrive in a variable and changing climate.
The Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS) — a NOAA funded partnership between the University of Arizona, the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, and New Mexico State University — has been working with stakeholders from the private sector, academia, local, state, federal, and tribal government since 1998 to help bring the best-available knowledge to challenges related to weather and climate in the Southwest.
Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center
Spreading personal and economic impact throughout Arizona.
The Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center (SW CASC) develops actionable science and implementable climate adaptation solutions in partnership with natural and cultural resource managers, policy makers, Native Nations, and researchers across the Southwest. SW CASC is a collaborative federal-university partnership between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and seven academic institutions from across the U.S. Southwest.
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