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.

Our research

Phoenix weather in 2020: Record-breaking heat and fewest rainy days ever

It's been an incredible year for weather records here in Phoenix.

A Q&A with Ida Sami

Ida Sami, Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Arizona, shares her research focus, challenges, and impact in a Q&A for the NCSE Conference 2021.

How The Past Hints About Our Climate’s Future

Ask a climate scientist how much the earth will warm as a result of the carbon dioxide we’re emitting right now, and the answer will be a range of temperatures: likely anywhere from 1 to 5 degrees Celsius. 

A Q&A with Ladd Keith

Ladd Keith, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona, shares his research focus, challenges, and impact in a Q&A for the NCSE Conference 2021.

A Q&A with Jonathan Crisman

Jonathan Crisman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona, shares his research focus, challenges, and impact in a Q&A for the NCSE Conference 2021.

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

Dog ticks may get more of a taste for human blood as the climate changes

An experiment suggests potential for greater spread of tick-borne illness as temperatures rise

 

$3M Grant Helps Students Bridge Sciences to Solve the World's Biggest Problems

A grant from the National Science Foundation will help the University of Arizona train the next generation of interdisciplinary scientists who can "scale across genes to ecosystems" to understand how wild and agricultural systems function and respond to change.