Climate Science, Adaptation & Resilience Solutions

UArizona is an international leader in climate science, understanding climate risks, and building scalable solutions to water supply problems, wildfire risks, habitat loss, agricultural production challenges, and threats to defense installations and human health.

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Study finds large new source of greenhouse gas emissions

Over a two-year period, researchers detected 1,200 methane "ultra-emitters."

Thesis Thursday KXCI Podcast Features Indige-FEWSS Trainees

IndigeFEWSS Trainees attend AISES National Conference 2021

Stella Heflin in a rock tunnel

Stella Heflin Models What Students Can Do For The Climate Crisis

Announcing the 2022 AIR Resilience Grants Recipients

On October 28, 2021, the Arizona Institutes for Resilience (AIR) awarded Resilience Grants totaling nearly $400,000 to seven teams representing six UArizona colleges and 10 departments or units. The grants are funded by the Technology and Research Initiative Fund (TRIF), administered by the Office of Research, Innovation & Impact and AIR, and supported through Arizona sales tax revenues.

In Vienna, a visionary example of dealing with urban floods

As climate change amplifies extreme weather events around the world, the Viennese defense system built in the 1970s and ’80s can protect the city from even a 10,000-year flood.

Don Paul: A nice weather window ahead of next rainfall

Changing Ocean Currents Are Driving Extreme Winter Weather

Slower ocean circulation as the result of climate change could intensify extreme cold weather in the U.S., according to new UArizona research.

Professional forecasters have nothing on this Tucson monsoon watcher