Solar-powered plane, Solar Impulse visits Phoenix and ASU

Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory

Solar-powered plane, Solar Impulse visits Phoenix and ASU

Solar Impulse, the innovative Swiss solar-powered airplane, arrived in Phoenix on May 4, 2013 marking a succesful first leg of their 2013 Across America mission. The Solar Impulse team participated

ASU student creates algae-inspired art

Making what’s commonly referred to as “green slime” artistic may seem like a Herculean feat, but Arizona State University student Phillip Carrier is using tiny algae plants as inspiration for

Sustainability alum takes the 'hazard' out of 'hazardous waste'

As a hazard waste compliance officer for the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, Bradley Baker conducts inspections of facilities and assist owners in providing a healthy environment for employees.

ASU LightWorks’ Dr. Ellen Stechel to showcase solar-to-fuel solutions at 50th International Paris Air Show

The International Paris Air Show, inaugurated in 1909, is the world’s oldest (and largest) aviation show, drawing participants from all over the world. Open to both professionals and the general

States dependent on Colorado River consider conservation effort

Officials in the seven states that depend on the drought-beset Colorado River expressed a cautious willingness Tuesday to join the federal government in a complex, possibly contentious effort to step up conservation.

Wells dry, fertile plains turn to dust

via The New York TimesBy MICHAEL WINESPublished: May 19, 2013 HASKELL COUNTY, Kan. — Forty-nine years ago, Ashley Yost’s grandfather sank a well deep into a half-mile square of rich

The Human Future: Sir Crispin Tickell urges us to confront issues of our day

How do humans work with growing populations? Sir Crispin Tickell, advisory council member of the Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford, explores this question in his lecture “The

Sustainability alumna turns food waste into a career

Natalie Fleming graduated from the School of Sustainability in 2012 and a month later, she obtained a position at a Utah startup called EcoScraps. The company collects food waste from

Limits to flood forecasting in the Colorado Front Range

Title Limits to Flood Forecasting in the Colorado Front Range for Two Summer Convection Periods using Radar Nowcasting and a Distributed Hydrologic Model Authors Hernan A. Moreno, (1),(2)Enrique R. Vivoni,

DCDC Poster Symposium

On May 1, 2013, students engaged in DCDC education programs participated in our annual poster symposium. Graduate students from the Community of Graduate Scholars program, undergraduate interns from the Internship

Undergraduate researcher receives Fulbright scholarship to UK

Jaleila Brumand, a CAP undergraduate student, has received a Fulbright scholarship to the UK. Jaleila has been working with CAP scientist Kelli Larson for the past two years as a

Low-carbon fuels from sunlight and waste carbon dioxide: It is possible, is it practical?

A network of issues buried beneath the strategic and economic importance of petroleum and the increasing concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide is complex; however, until addressed, no measure of global sustainability will be obtainable.