Written primarily by guest authors, feature articles provide "on-the-ground" perspectives and credible assessments of various topics related to climate change solutions and science, with an emphasis on the Southwest.
Climate Adaptation Summit Explores Fed’s Role
By Betsy Woodhouse |
The University of Arizona |
August 10, 2010
What is the most efficient and accurate way for people who authorize climate-change, adaptation-related actions and budgets to obtain the information they need to make their decisions? In late May, about 150 high-ranking users and providers of climate adaptation information gathered in Washington D.C. to discuss options.
Water Research Without Boundaries
By Michelli Murphy |
The University of Arizona |
July 09, 2009
A team of researchers at the UA and in Mexico are developing the kind of climate information communities on both sides of the border need to manage their water in the face of climatic uncertainties.
New Mexico’s FoodShed Alliance
By Michelli Murphy |
The University of Arizona |
March 30, 2009
FoodPrint NM in New Mexico is working to shrink the distance between the farm and the fork and curb climate change in the process.
Building a National Phenology Network
By Michelli Murphy |
The University of Arizona |
January 21, 2009
The National Phenology Network is gathering data on a national scale to determine how environmental changes are influencing the lives of plants and animals and, ultimately, what those changes mean for people.
Land Use Planning in the Changing Climate of the West
By Rebecca Carter |
ICLEI |
January 15, 2009
An assessment of western state climate plans finds many communities could cost-efficiently reduce their emissions by about 20 percent if their land use planning-related policies were fully implemented.