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Helping humanity through climate research

Posted by Eliza Romero on November 2, 2022

Image of Earth in a field with tall grass and sand

Several NAU professors are part of a global team of climate scientists recently recognized for their service to humanity.

In October, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was awarded the 2022 Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity. The IPCC, a body of the United Nations that won… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, School of Earth and Sustainability, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

RaMPing up climate change research and careers with Indigenous perspectives

Posted by Eliza Romero on October 27, 2022

Person using metal net sitting on the floor in desert terrain
The Center for Adaptable Western Landscapes (CAWL) at NAU and the Environmental Science and Natural Resources program at Navajo Technical University received a nearly $3 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to address critical questions about climate vulnerability in the American Southwest while… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Adaptable Western Landscapes, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, School of Earth and Sustainability, School of Forestry

Future emissions from ‘country of permafrost’ significant, must be factored into global climate targets

Posted by Eliza Romero on October 17, 2022

Infographic of earth with rising levels of C02 depicted

By the end of this century, permafrost in the rapidly warming Arctic will likely emit as much carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere as a large industrial nation, and potentially more than the U.S. has emitted since the start of the industrial revolution.  

But that’s only… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences

Researchers from NAU, Washington tackling an elusive Valley Fever vaccine

Posted by Heather Tate on September 22, 2022

Stock lab photo Researchers from Northern Arizona University and the University of Washington School of Medicine in collaboration with the Washington National Primate Research Center received a $1.5 million grant, with the possibility of receiving $7.5 million over 5 years, from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health,… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute

Paleoclimatologists awarded private funding to continue studying effects of dust and drought on climate change in the Four Corners region

Posted by Heather Tate on April 7, 2022

Team will deploy drones and weather balloons to chase dust storms and track the flow of dust into the atmosphere

Nicholas McKay and students in fieldAtmospheric dust plays a key role in Earth’s climate system. While it can have a positive impact, such as fertilizing the soils, dust can also have a negative impact on… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, School of Earth and Sustainability

Understanding human-elephant conflict and vulnerability in the face of climate change

Posted by Heather Tate on January 5, 2022

Funded by an NSF grant, team uses interdisciplinary approaches to better analyze complex issues across the world’s largest terrestrial transboundary conservation area 

Elephants standing by a tree at sunset.
Credit: Kai Stachowiak, CCO Public Domain license

Human-wildlife conflict is a central issue in the conservation sciences. Whether it be reintroducing wolves into key ecosystems… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, School of Earth and Sustainability, Uncategorized

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