Robert Glennon, a UA law professor, suggested that Georgia and other states will continue to struggle over water issues while supplies drop and populations increase (Governing).
Our Mission
The Institute of the Environment collaborates across The University of Arizona campus to understand, communicate, and solve the environmental challenges facing our world, nation, and state, as well as to help the people of Arizona seize opportunities created by these challenges.
Events
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 (All day) - Sunday, February 21, 2010 (All day)
Exhibit
The Jeremy Ingalls Gallery of the Poetry Center, 1508 East Helen Street (At Vine Avenue)
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Talk
Sol Resnick Conference Room, Water Resources Research Center, 350 N. Campbell Ave.
Friday, February 19, 2010 - 3:30pm - 4:45pm
Talk
Harvill 404
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News
February 5, 2010
SAHRA, based at the UA, was one of five national science and technology centers singled out for recognition at a “graduation ceremony” Friday in Washington, D.C. Begun in 2000, SAHRA has since become one of the world’s foremost leaders in water research.
February 4, 2010
Since the UA Tree-Ring Lab had its original breakthrough dating ancient ruins in the Southwest, its scientists have studied tree rings to find clues about climate, archeology and the history of civilizations affected by climate (KNXV-TV).
February 2, 2010
UA researchers are working to produce biofuels out of algae in an effort to aid in the global need to reduce the burning of fossil fuels while relying more heavily on more sustainable energy sources.
February 2, 2010
UApresents is hosting National Public Radio's "Talk of the Nation" host Neal Conan for an evening of poetry readings and music accompanying images from the Hubble Space Telescope. The event takes place Feb. 12 at 8 p.m. at Centennial Hall.
Spotlight
January 20, 2010
Institute of the Environment
Stanley Reynolds, SRP Professor of Technology, Public Policy, and Markets at the University of Arizona, and Gautam Gowrisankaran, associate professor of economics at the UA, sat down to discuss one facet of their expertise: energy and environmental economics. As part of their research, the two economists focus on studying power plants and understanding renewable energy and the regulation of markets. In the following round-table, they offer their thoughts on the role of economics in the environment and on negotiating the economic hurdles of climate change.
January 8, 2010
McClatchy Newspapers
In the fight against terror, officials and agencies should look to nature for lessons in adaptation to survive in a dangerous and unpredictable environment, writes Rafe Sagarin, a research scientist at the UA's Institute of the Environment (McClatchy Newspapers, Jan. 8).