The Smart Way to (un)Retire
“Fire and Ice” is the third of a four-part documentary, “Standing on Sacred Ground,” in which indigenous people around the world resist threats to their sacred places—the original protected lands—in a growing movement to defend human rights and restore
The Arizona Senior Academy is presenting a discussion on Global Climate Change (GCC) at 3:30 p.m. Friday (April 15) as the final segment of the Foreign Policy Association’s annual Great Decisions program. Climate change is changing the world. Arctic sea
Climate change affects human health in many ways, and a University of Arizona epidemiologist says both top-down and bottom-up actions must be taken now to mitigate current and future health threats. At 3:30 p.m. Wednesday (April 6), Kacey Ernst, an
By the year 2050, the increase in global temperature is projected to cause a 20 percent reduction in the yield of all of the major grains (maize, wheat, rice and soybeans). Increasing stresses on the major crops due to climate
Is the Antarctic helping cool Arizona? How does that work? What oceanic and atmospheric forces move “Antarctic cool” to hot Arizona? We know that summer rains come from the Gulf of Mexico and the Baja and winter rains come from
Does climate change really matter for us in Arizona and the desert Southwest? Is climate change really caused by human activity, or nature’s variability, or both? Is it really true that a “mega-drought” is coming to the Southwest? Or is
Southern Arizona is projected to experience continued temperature increases, longer and hotter summer heat waves, decreased average annual precipitation and decreased soil moisture. “So what!” you say. “How does that affect me?” A lot – and likely before we’re ready
We live in a new planetary epoch in which human activities have a significant global impact on the Earth’s ecosystems. In a recorded lecture, Diana Liverman, a Regents’ Professor in the University of Arizona School of Geography and Development, will
Jeff Wallner, a park guide at Saguaro National Park East, has been observing the human and natural cycles at the park, the most celebrated and studied cactus area in the world, for 20 years. He notes that over the years