ASU sustainability scientist Bruce Rittmann receives 2018 Stockholm Water Prize
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ASU sustainability scientist Bruce Rittmann receives 2018 Stockholm Water Prize
Professors Bruce Rittmann and Mark van Loosdrecht received the 2018 Stockholm Water Prize on Wednesday for microbiological research and innovations that have revolutionized water and wastewater treatment. The prize was
Bipartisan conversation on pricing carbon emissions attracts nearly 1,200
An online discussion about current efforts to price carbon emissions moderated by ASU Wrigley Institute board member Robert Litterman and headlined by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse attracted nearly 1,200 registrants.
SolarSPELL increasing outreach to island nations feeling effects of climate change
The effects of climate change are showing up all over the world, but small island nations such as Fiji are feeling them more strongly than most places. Over the past
Cambridge University Press’s New Directions in Sustainability and Society book series appoints new editors
In 2013, Arizona State University’s School of Sustainability and the Amerind Foundation entered a partnership with Cambridge University Press to publish a book series exploring the impact of the sustainability
Reforms to US recreational fishing management could generate up to $1 billion in benefits
Recreational fishing is a culturally and economically important practice around the world. In the United States alone, more than 9.5 million anglers take 63 million fishing trips per year, providing food, leisure and connection to nature while creating opportunities for employment in coastal communities. These leisure trips also contribute to costly overfishing.
Former USDA deputy secretary named executive director of Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems
Kathleen Merrigan is the first executive director of ASU's Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems. Merrigan’s expertise and leadership will strengthen ASU’s global impact on research, policy and education in food systems.
Don't throw those contact lenses down the drain
Arizona State University scientists are reporting the first nationwide study that shows consumers, by discarding used lenses down the drain, may be unknowingly contributing to plastic pollution. “We found that
ASU students study wildlife in Okavango Delta
Six Arizona State University students spent 10 days in the Okavango Delta in Botswana, one of the most remote places on Earth, studying a critically important ecosystem with some of
Sustainability scientist Martin Pasqualetti to be recognized by alma mater as distinguished alumnus
As the new school year approaches, it kicks off with great news for Martin Pasqualetti, who has been named as this year’s distinguished alumnus by the University of California, Riverside’s
What’s next for Arctic sea ice?
The American Meteorological Society released its annual State of the Climate report on August 1. The report, compiled by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Center for Weather and Climate, shares
Sustainability experts talk strategies for keeping hot cities habitable on new ASU podcast
In Phoenix and other “extreme” cities, there is growing urgency to find solutions to keep residents cool. On a recent episode of ASU's Thought Huddle podcast, three ASU sustainability experts discuss ways to make urban spaces more livable for the long term.
Monsoon rains found to be beneficial to underground aquifers
Using a combination of field instrumentation, unmanned aerial vehicles and a hydrologic model, a team of researchers from Arizona State University and the Jornada Long-Term Ecological Research Program of the