New research by ASU professor furthers understanding of dryland litter cycles
Global Drylands Center
New research by ASU professor furthers understanding of dryland litter cycles
Arizona State University professor Heather Throop penned a new research article that advances our understanding of dryland litter cycles. Drylands are arid ecosystems characterized by a lack of water. According
ASU professors named 2019 American Geophysical Union Fellows
Arizona State University professors Osvaldo Sala, a drylands researcher and Regents Professor in the School of Life Sciences, and Meenakshi Wadhwa, a cosmochemistry expert and the new director of ASU's
Sala elected president of the Ecological Society of America
The director of ASU's Global Drylands Center was elected to serve a one-year term that ends in 2020. He is the first Hispanic person to serve as president in the organization's century-long history.
When roundworms lose, carbon emissions rise
Soil food webs play a key role in supporting grassland ecosystems, which cover about one-quarter of the land on Earth. Climate change poses a threat to these environments, partly because
NSF grant boosts student-driven ecological research
Arizona State University Professors Heather Throop and Osvaldo Sala have been awarded an International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) grant from The National Science Foundation of approximately $294,000. The grant,
Desert ecologist earns top faculty honor
Osvaldo Sala, an ecologist and distinguished sustainability scientist in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability, was named a Regents' Professor at Arizona State University. To be awarded the
A global synthesis quantifies the effect of an understudied dimension of climate change
A new Global Drylands Center report published in Global Change Biology addresses the influence of drylands on the global carbon cycle under climate change conditions. Using a data synthesis approach,
Newly funded grant will address aridity effects on nutrient cycles
Global Drylands Center director Osvaldo Sala is part of a research team that recently garnered funding from the Australian Research Council. The project, entitled “Biogeochemical mismatches: Decoupling of carbon, nitrogen,
3 ASU sustainability scientists honored with Regents' Professor title
This year, four ASU faculty members are being recognized as Regents’ Professors. Three of these professors are sustainability scientists in the ASU Wrigley Institute: Osvaldo Sala, Donald Fixico and Stewart Fotheringham.
Global Drylands Center director recognized for contributions to ecology
Osvaldo Sala, distinguished sustainability scientist and founding director of the Global Drylands Center at Arizona State University, has been named an honorary member of the Asociación Argentina de Ecología (AsAE).
Global Drylands Center affiliate wins 2018 American Geophysical Union Ambassador Award
Esteban Jobbágy, an Arizona State University Global Drylands Center affiliate, has been named a 2018 American Geophysical Union Ambassador Award recipient. Recipients are chosen and recognized for their achievements in
ASU's Global Drylands Center sparks collaborations between universities
In the fall of 2017, the Global Drylands Center, a unit of Arizona State University's Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability, released a call for proposals aiming to foster