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Sian Proctor stands in her astronaut gear shortly after Crew Dragon’s splashdown
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Sian Proctor: Community College Professor Goes to Space

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 25 July 2022

An Arizona educator finds she has the SpaceX factor to become an astronaut.

Hopi farmer Michael Kotutwa Johnson tends corn on his northern Arizona farm.
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Michael Kotutwa Johnson: A Voice for Indigenous Agriculture

by Jane Palmer 25 July 202225 July 2022

A farmer draws on Traditional Knowledges to restore the Native American food system.

A photo of a ponderosa pine forest in Arizona
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Tree Carbon Data That Ring True

by Nancy Averett 15 March 202215 March 2022

An international group of researchers may have found a way to better account for carbon storage in forests.

A dust storm that hit Phoenix in 2011
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Rethinking How Valley Fever Spreads

by Saima May Sidik 20 January 20222 February 2022

Scientists have long assumed that dust storms lead to infections with the desert soil fungus Coccidioides, but new evidence suggests otherwise.

People removing buffelgrass, an invasive grass, near cactus plants in Arizona
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Invasive Plants and Climate Change Will Alter Desert Landscapes

by Katherine Kornei 13 January 202213 January 2022

In experiments conducted in Biosphere 2, invasive buffelgrass weathers higher temperatures and drought conditions better than its native brethren.

Red rocks of the Chinle Formation at Petrified Forest National Park
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Red Rocks: Using Color to Understand Climate Change

by R. Mazumdar 30 March 20213 January 2023

A recent study on hematite formation during the Triassic may help predict the effects of climate change on contemporary monsoonal environments.

Tucson, Arizona, with the Santa Catalina Mountains in the background
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Parsing Routes to Aquifer Recharge Along Mountain Fronts

by Terri Cook 8 February 202119 July 2022

Research from the Tucson Basin indicates that tracers can be used to distinguish surface and subsurface recharge, providing crucial data to support sustainable water management in arid environments.

A view of Sunset Crater, one of many scoria cones in the San Francisco volcanic fields spanning northern Arizona
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Ancient Eruption May Change Our Understanding of Modern Volcanoes

by Mara Johnson-Groh 5 February 202112 April 2022

Bubbles trapped in magma from a 1,000-year-old event reveal how scoria cones might erupt and what impact they may have on the landscape and atmosphere.

Black-and-white image of Navajo mine workers at a uranium mine
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Pensando en el Zinc: Mitigando la Exposición al Uranio en la Nación Navajo

by R. Mazumdar 9 October 202020 September 2022

En un innovador ensayo clínico se estudia el impacto del zinc en la mitigación de los efectos sobre la salud relacionados con la minería de uranio. Éste se lleva a cabo mediante la “participación bidireccional” entre los Navajos y las comunidades médicas.

Black-and-white image of Navajo mine workers at a uranium mine
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Thinking Zinc: Mitigating Uranium Exposure on Navajo Land

by R. Mazumdar 29 July 202020 September 2022

An innovative clinical trial uses “two-way participation” between Navajo and medical communities to study the impact of zinc on mitigating health effects associated with uranium mining.

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