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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UArizona Experts Predict a Very Active Hurricane Season

University of Arizona hurricane forecasters are predicting an above-average Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 through Nov. 30.

As temperatures rise, Arizona sinks

Climate change and unregulated wells are depleting the West’s groundwater reserves.

Forecasters predict a very active 2020 Atlantic hurricane season

Warmer ocean temperatures in the tropical Atlantic could fuel stronger storms.

 

UC3: Scaling Up Climate Solutions

In 2018 the University of Arizona joined the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3), comprising 20 leading North American research universities. The goal: helping communities accelerate climate action.

Scientists Worry Agency Plan to Prevent Fires Could Do Opposite

Scientists say the Trump administration’s proposed program to cut down trees to gain an upper hand over wildfire and protect the sage-grouse bird may in fact do the opposite: increase the wildfire threat and risk ecosystem “collapse.”

Understanding and Fighting the Western Forest Firestorm

A University of Arizona fire ecology expert explains why each new wildfire season has been worse than the last — and what that might mean for the future.

Tree Rings Could Pin Down Thera Volcano Eruption Date

Research led by the University of Arizona Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research has anchored a long sequence of tree rings, providing context for the civilizations that existed throughout the Bronze and Iron Ages.

EPA fines Asarco for hazardous dust at Arizona smelter

Emissions of hazardous air pollutants from Asarco’s Hayden smelter, about 70 miles north of Tucson, led to an EPA dust control plan.

Bonus: An interview with dendrochronologist Valerie Trouet

In this episode, dendrochonologist Valerie Trouet of the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona talks with Anna and Leila about her new book, Tree Story: The History of the World Written in Rings. She talks about the fascinating science of tree-rings and what they can tell us climate patterns and ecosystems.