A recent ASU News article on the role of trees and lawns in urban heat island featured CAP scientists Ben Ruddell, Ariane Middel, and Nancy Selover. Shade provided by trees

Attention all Post-docs! Looking for a LTER fellowship? Apply for a two year postdoctoral fellowship today with The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) in collaboration with the National Science Foundation's

Carbon Roots International - a company co-founded by School of Sustainability graduate Ryan Delaney and dedicated to helping rural Haitian farmers develop more efficient agricultural practices - was highlighted as a "Great Energy Challenge" grant-winner in the October issue of National Geographic magazine.

In this video, Arianne Cease describes how she came to lead a global team of researchers and stakeholders working to manage devastating locust outbreaks - work that prompted her appointment to the Popular Science "Brilliant 10" of 2015.

Leah Sunna is a Tempe native, School of Sustainability alum and a true advocate for helping people find connections to the environment and world around them. Sunna recalls, at a

In recognition of substantial and sustained contributions to our understanding of the geography of energy, ASU professor Martin “Mike” Pasqualetti will be awarded the 2015 Alexander and Ilse Melamid Memorial Medal by the American Geographical Society at its annual fall symposium.

A six-year ASU study on the effects of climatic variability on desert grassland, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that though shrubs flourish in flood and drought conditions, grasses - commonly grazed on by cattle raised for consumption - diminish.

As uncertainty about water access in the West increases, the Decision Center for a Desert City at Arizona State University is connecting policymakers with research to make better resource management

Arianne Cease, an assistant professor in ASU’s School of Sustainability, was named among Popular Science's 2015 "Brilliant 10" for her investigations into the locust swarms that devastate crops and threaten livelihoods, and for her work in identifying strategies to stop the insects from swarming.

The recently-announced winners of last fall's Smart City and Technology Innovation Challenge - a course that encouraged students to consider how the latest smart technologies could be applied to cities - included the School of Sustainability's Alex Slaymaker, who proposed an online waste-networking platform.

In an effort to encourage consideration of the many ways climate change may affect us, ASU's Imagination and Climate Futures Initiative, in partnership with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean’s Council, invites writers to submit stories that explore possible futures in its first Climate Fiction Short Story Contest.

In recognition of its initiative to improve sustainability in Arizona, ASU was presented with two of the 17 first-place Crescordia awards and one of the 31 Awards of Merit at Arizona Forward's 35th Environmental Excellence Awards gala.