Researchers help mitigate marine plastic pollution

ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcome Founding Director Leah Gerber and Life Sciences PhD student Miranda Bernard were participants in the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, or SESYNC, through the Plastic Pollution

Newly funded grant will address aridity effects on nutrient cycles

Global Drylands Center director Osvaldo Sala is part of a research team that recently garnered funding from the Australian Research Council. The project, entitled “Biogeochemical mismatches: Decoupling of carbon, nitrogen,

Meet sustainability junior Tammy Nguyen

Tammy Nguyen is one powerhouse of a student. Although her initial decision for her degree was to attend the University of Arizona, Nguyen decided to join Arizona State University’s School

Group effort to preserve nature in Buckeye

The White Tank Mountain Conservancy and ASU teamed up to identify how the city of Buckeye can grow without blocking wildlife’s natural corridors. ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes researcher and

Private sector, climate change impacts

ASU-Conservation International Professor of Practice David Hole, recently co-authored a paper in Nature called, “The private sector’s climate change risk and adaptation blind spots.” Abstract: The private sector is already

Fischer appointed to board of sustainable consumption organization

Assistant Professor Daniel Fischer from Arizona State University’s School of Sustainability has been appointed as a board member to SCORAI, the Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative. Fischer is a

Meet sustainability senior Sawyer Treese

School of Sustainability senior Sawyer Treese is a proud Sun Devil. Since both of his parents are Arizona State University alumni and he’s lived in Arizona his whole life, it’s

Building resilience in Maricopa County communities

All communities experience stresses. They can be sudden shocks (floods, earthquakes) or they can be long-term, constant stresses. In each instance, how well the community survives the stress or shock

Natural Capital Protocol for the Ocean Workshop

On Friday, December 7, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST in Washington, D.C., the ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes will join other organizations in discussing how businesses depend

Are co-ops the business model of the future in Arizona?

Workshop event on co-ops aims to take a step toward an inclusive, sustainable statewide economy. If the word “co-op” makes you think of a group of hippies sitting around unable

Using stormwater as a resource

On December 5, Arizona State University’s Decision Center for a Desert City, a unit of the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability, hosted a panel discussion called "Innovative Stormwater

Future cities episode 16: Safe-to-fail adaptation

In this episode, Dr. Yeowon Kim explains the difference between “fail-safe” and “safe-to-fail” infrastructure and how shifting towards this new “safe-to-fail" design paradigm could help cities prepare for extreme events