Explosive growth of life fueled by early greening of earth

Earth’s 4.5-billion-year history is filled with several turning points when temperatures changed dramatically, asteroids bombarded the planet and life forms came and disappeared. But one of the biggest moments in

New program helps sun to SET on waste

Let’s say that your office has 300 white binders with the ASU logo on the front. They were leftover from a conference, and you’re not planning another conference for a

Sustainable Cities Network receives $60,000 grant from Sam's Club®

Partnership between ASU and city, county, and tribal leaders strengthens regional sustainability efforts. As part of Sam’s Club’s commitment to give back to the communities it serves, company executives presented

Global leader in land change science

Q&A with B. L. Turner II Turner (left) and student setting up a transect to examine deforestation in southern Yucatan. Agriculture-related deforestation Addressing sustainability of local agriculture Dr. Billie Lee

ASU Art Museum becomes catalyst for sustainability dialogue

August 27, 2009 - February 20, 2010 Surprising. Invigorating. Thought provoking. The Arizona State University Art Museum continues to present the best in contemporary art with exhibitions in all media by regional

Water webs connect spiders, residents in Southwest

If you are a cricket and it is a dry season on the San Pedro River in Arizona, on your nighttime ramblings to eat leaves, you are more likely to

Outsmarting swine flu pandemic

North American Researchers Gather at ASU to Put 21st Century Science and Technology to the Test Mathematicians, biostaticians and public health officials from Canada, Mexico and the United States will

ASU researcher is among authors of new U.S. Global Climate Change Report

Arizona State University professor Nancy Grimm is one of the authors of a new and authoritative federal study assessing the current and anticipated domestic impacts of climate change. The report,

Too hot to handle

Phoenix in the summer is hot all around. But low-income neighborhoods are even hotter than wealthy enclaves. How can this be?

Students solve challenges through sustainable research and development

GlobalResolve, a social entrepreneurship program at Arizona State University, helps communities around the world solve challenges through sustainable research and development.

San Francisco's sustainability efforts

San Francisco has become one of the most innovative cities in the world in implementing new comprehensive approaches to urban sustainability. From its groundbreaking zero waste strategies such as the

Pioneer in renewable energy research

Q&A with Devens Gust Dr. Devens Gust Student working in Gust’s lab Computer model of an artificial photosynthetic reaction center molecule Dr. Devens Gust is Foundation Professor of Chemistry and