NAU’s 7th Annual Student Water Symposium theme revolves around The Freshwater Challenge: An initiative to achieve global targets on water, climate, and nature. Join us on April 11th 5:30-7:00 in the NAU DuBois Center Aspen C Room for food and a panel of international and local experts to discuss this timely topic. For more information about the panel and other Water Symposium events, visit https://naustudentwatersymposium.com/keynote-panel-thursday-april-11th-530-700/
Water Research
Congrats ES&P alum Katie Guetz on ESA’s Early Career Publication Award
Environmental Sciences and Policy alum Katie Guetz was recently awarded the Ecological Society of America’s Early Career Publication Award in the Restoration category. Katie’s paper, entitled “Prioritizing dams for removal to advance restoration and conservation efforts in the western United States” was published last year in Restoration Ecology, along with her MS advisor Dr. Denielle Perry of the Free-flowing Rivers Lab and two other SES faculty, Dr. Taylor Joyal and Dr. Brett Dickson. You can read it
Springs as sentinels of climate change
SES Geology Masters students Sarah Zurkee and Katelyn LaPine are using springs as indicators of climate change and sustainability. Read about their research at the AZ Mirror, or follow them and their advisor Dr. Abe Springer out to the field in this Cronkite News video!
Sustainability Special Issue highlights the need for global river protection
A newly released special issue of Sustainability co-edited by SES Assistant Professor Dr. Denielle Perry and adjunct professor Dr. Ian Harrison is the first-of-its kind collection of papers dedicated to river protections around the world. The collection of 15 papers includes an article authored by Perry and Harrison along with three SES students, Stephannie Fernandes (MS ESP), Alana Nichols (BS ENV),… Read more
It’s all about water
NAU’s 4th Annual Student Water Symposium is now accepting abstracts for this year’s virtual event to be held April 15-16.
Geology alum shows the importance of groundwater to the Colorado River
SES alum Riley Swanson and Dr. Abe Springer have a new paper out in Hydrogeology Journal showing that the Colorado River gets an important part of its flow from groundwater that flows into the river from springs in the Grand Canyon region. Read more at NAU News.