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.

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).

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

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

The Global Drylands Center (GDC) celebrated its first six months with its official launch last Thursday. The amicable gathering hosted at the University Club brought together affiliates and faculty from

Arizona State University hosted a group of faculty members and researchers from the Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE) during the ‘Second Gathering ASU-CICESE’ (‘Segundo

The members of the Ecological Society of America have elected Osvaldo Sala – founding director of Arizona State University's Global Drylands Center – to a three-year term on the ESA governing board.

Sustainability scientists from ASU's Global Drylands Center are among those researching the effects of climate change on vegetation communities and ecosystem processes across three deserts in the western U.S. Their findings will be used to manage Department of Defense drylands.

Doctor of Philosophy Defense Announcement for Adam Schreiner-McGraw Date: November 2, 2017 Time: 3:00 PM Location: ISTB4, Room 240 Advisor: Enrique Vivoni Committee Members: Kelin Whipple, Osvaldo Sala, Heather Throop

An interdisciplinary team of field ecologists and ecohydrology modelers led by Kristen Whitney studied the importance of biological soil crusts to soil water balance in drylands in their new paper

In a very interesting and thoughtful article, ASU Professor Paul Hirt and collaborators tackle the issue of a sustainable water supply for central Arizona. After a holistic analysis of governmental,

The Global Drylands Center at ASU invites scientists at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to submit proposals for collaboration with Ben-Gurion University in Israel. Download full request for