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When in Drought, Ancestral Puebloans Turned to Ice Blocks in Lava Tubes

Thirsty people once visited these ancient volcanic corridors.

Contamination of Medicinal Plants: Implications for Indigenous Health

A new study will trace the legacy of uranium mining on commercially available medicinal plants.

Biosphere 2 study: Tropical forests might be more resilient to rising temperatures than expected

step inside Biosphere 2’s tropical rainforest, which thrives beneath an enormous glass dome, and visitors are met by a wall of warm humidity and lush greenery. The sprawling complex north of Tucson provides climate-change researchers unique opportunities to test theories in ways that would be impossible in the field.

Planting Forests and Why It Won't Solve Climate Change

Forests play a significant function in environmental change. The demolition and debasement of woods add to the issue through the arrival of CO2. Yet, the planting of new forests can help relieve environmental change by eliminating CO2 from the air. Joined with the sun’s energy, the captured carbon is changed over into trunks, branches, roots, and leaves through the cycle of photosynthesis.

How a rare squirrel could reveal changes in a forest ecosystem damaged by wildfire

There was a crunch with every step Melissa Merrick took as she veered farther off trail. She wasn't looking at the leaves littering the ground, but at the branches they fell from.

OU researchers looking to use wastewater to stop spread of COVID-19

University of Oklahoma researchers are working to slow the spread of COVID-19 with a unique approach -- using wastewater.

UArizona Expert on Climate Science and Policy Selected as AAAS Fellow

Gregg Garfin joins a roster of nearly 500 AAAS members honored for their lifetime efforts toward advancing science applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished.

Planning Professor Ladd Keith On Heat As An Emerging Climate Risk For Urban, Low-Income Communities

Center For Biological Diversity Sues To Protect Mount Graham Red Squirrel

The Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity has sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect the endangered Mount Graham red squirrel.

Wastewater testing could offer clues about COVID-19 infections

What most see only as sewage, Daniel Gerrity sees as an opportunity to collect data.