Recognizing that energy challenges pertain to both technology and people, ASU LightWorks will support six energy-related research projects intended to engage veterans or active-duty military using $1.5 million in seed grants.

In response to a study published in Nature Climate Change that predicts parts of the Persian Gulf will be uninhabitable by the end of this century, sustainability scientist David Hondula points out that conditions in many cities - including Phoenix - already reach extremes that pose a threat to human health and lives.

Leah Gerber, director of the ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, and Anita Hagy Ferguson, project manager of the center, talked with ASU News about the center’s goals and the challenges facing

Recognizing that it cannot save all species threatened with extinction, the Center for Biodiversity Outcomes - directed by sustainability scientist Leah Gerber - focuses its efforts in areas like governance and decision-making so as to guide conservation choices with research-driven data.

After excavating the remains of 95 species from a Bahamanian sinkhole, a team of researchers - including distinguished sustainability scientist Janet Franklin - discovered that, of the species who were no longer found in the area, more had disappeared in the last 1,000 years due to human activity than in the many thousands of years prior.

Peter Kareiva Director of the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (or IoES) at UCLA, Chair of the The Nature Conservancy Science Cabinet We face severe environmental threats. But stories of human

Peter Kareiva Director of the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (or IoES) at UCLA, Chair of the The Nature Conservancy Science Cabinet According to world-renowned conservationist Peter Kareiva, resilient cities, resilient

A new report published in Nature on a recently completed global species assessment shows cacti are at risk worldwide and the fifth most threatened of any major group assessed to date.

Cities are working to address climate change by understanding and managing their carbon footprint, but can they succeed where nations have failed? CBO Affiliate Kevin Gurney, associate professor with the

The International Union for Conservation of Nature Council has selected Hawaii as the host of the September 1-10, 2016, IUCN World Conservation Congress – the world’s largest conservation event. Held

Affordable energy is vital for a community to thrive, and the proposed merger of NextEra Energy Inc. and Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. is on everyone’s mind in Hawai’i. Kris Mayes,

Kamehameha Schools teachers Rod Floro and Brendan Courtot hope to empower Hawai’i’s youth through culture and sustainability. Floro, a sixth-grade science teacher, and Courtot, a vocational technology and applied math