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While a vigorous monsoon could dampen temperatures by increasing cloud cover and evaporative cooling, forecasts call for above-average temperatures in the Southwest, in part because of warming trends experienced in recent decades.
High school students have co-authored a scientific paper with their UA graduate student instructor that could have a serious impact on the reliability of climate models. Their work details the impact of shrinkage on dried, fossilized leaves, which often is unaccounted for in climate models. By better accounting for this change in leaf size, researchers can significantly improve the accuracy of their climate models.
Four University of Arizona faculty members have been named 1885 Distinguished Scholars for valued contributions to the teaching, research and outreach missions of the University.
Rafe Sagarin and Eric Magrane discuss observation, art, science, aesthetics, and biomimicry in a wide-ranging conversation on art and environment.
Sharon B. Megdal, director of the UA Water Resources Research Center, WRRC, has been elected president of the National Institutes for Water Resources, NIWR.
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A new book from the University of Arizona Press looks at one dry river, Tucson's Rillito. "Ground|Water: The Art, Design and Science of A Dry River" is described as "an ode to a dry river, the kind of river most familiar with those who dwell in Southern Arizona."