Christopher Vito receives ARCS Award

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Christopher Vito receives ARCS Award

Join us in applauding Christopher Vito for his remarkable achievement! Christopher has been honored with the prestigious ARCS Scholar Award by the ARCS® Foundation, Inc., Phoenix Chapter, recognizing his exceptional

Arizona State University’s Global Drylands Center Ecologist Hire

The School of Life Sciences and the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University in collaboration with ASU’s Global Drylands Center invite applications for a full-time, tenure‐ track, benefits-eligible faculty

Scott Collins published in Functional Ecology

In a novel approach, Scott Collins et. al. have recently published a paper in Functional Ecology on how drought and post-drought periods affect plant communities. Factors such as seed size,

JRN Global Drylands Modeling Workshop 2023

The Global Drylands Center is hosting the JRN Global Drylands Modeling Workshop 2023. At the workshop, we will discuss the important processes needed to represent drylands in a low-dimensional (i.e.,

Bioscience Talks podcast features Osvaldo Sala

Bioscience Talks podcast, hosted by James Verdier, produces a regular series entitled In Their Own Words, which chronicles the stories of scientists who have made great contributions to their fields.

REU opportunity! The Sala Lab seeking undergraduates for summer 2023

About the OpportunityThe Sala Lab at Arizona State University is looking for motivated undergraduate students to participate in research activities in grassland ecosystem ecology, for 10 weeks, during the summer

Three scientists, one mission

Osvaldo Sala of Arizona State University, Tempe partnered with Richard Phillips from the University of Indiana, Bloomington and Melinda Smith of Colorado State University to tackle the intersection of climate change and applied drought studies, presenting findings at the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America in Montreal.

Post-doctoral Research Opportunity at the Sala Lab

The Global Drylands Center (GDC), the Extremes Focal Area and the Sala Lab are seeking a postdoctoral research scholar to lead two types of complementary activities. The postdoctoral research scholar

Post-doctoral research opportunity at the Sala Lab

The Global Drylands Center (GDC), the Extremes Focal Area and the Sala Lab are seeking a postdoctoral research scholar to lead two types of complementary activities. The postdoctoral research scholar

GDC Executive Committee Member Enrique Vivoni’s Latest Publication Explores Brush Management

by Celina Osuna The Global Drylands Center wishes to congratulate Executive Committee Member Enrique R. Vivoni on his latest publication this month in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, “A micrometeorological flux perspective on brush

GDC Executive Committee member Enrique Vivoni's latest publication explores brush management

The Global Drylands Center wishes to congratulate Executive Committee Member Enrique R. Vivoni on his latest publication this month in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, “A micrometeorological flux perspective on brush management in a

Sand dunes

Scientific American takes interest in ASU drylands research

Global Drylands Center’s Osvaldo Sala and Celina Osuna collaborated with Ed Finn, Director of ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination (CSI), and co-authored a piece for Scientific American to celebrate the premiere of Dennis Villeneuve’s epic adaptation of Dune and take the opportunity to shed light on the beauty and biodiversity of the earth’s deserts in the face of common misrepresentations.