Southwest Climate Assessment Report Review
The Southwest Climate Alliance [SWCA] welcomes your comments on a DRAFT version of the "Assessment of Climate Change in the Southwest United States: A Technical Report Prepared for the U.S.
Mission critical: Species explorers propose steps to map biosphere
Scientists say worldwide collections, existing experts and technology make charting 10 million species in less than 50 years achievable; a necessary step to sustain planet’s biodiversity TEMPE, Ariz. – An
NSF leads federal efforts In big data
At a White House event, the NSF Director announced a new Big Data solicitation, $10 million Expeditions in Computing award, and awards in cyberinfrastructure, geosciences, training. Researchers in a growing
DCDC Google Scholar page
We've created a Google Scholar page for Decision Center for a Desert City publications. Google Scholar provides a review of Decision Center for a Desert City literature across many disciplines
ASU to use $27.5M Walton investment to accelerate sustainability efforts
Investment to ASU’s Global Institute of Sustainability will educate future leaders The Rob and Melani Walton Fund of the Walton Family Foundation is providing $27.5 million to Arizona State University’s
Sustainability waits: Doomsday clock ticks forward
A Thought Leader Series Piece By Lawrence M. Krauss Shortly after the end of World War II, Albert Einstein uttered his now famous warning about the new global danger of
CAP collaborates with Dance Initiative
CAP LTER’s Ecology Explorers program has begun a collaboration with Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts on an exciting new youth project that blurs the boundary
Sabo to direct research development for GIOS
John Sabo, an expert in ecohydrology and water resource management, has been named director of research development for the Global Institute of Sustainability, a transdisciplinary unit in the Office of Knowledge Enterprise
Help us identify nesting site locations for birds of prey
The Central Arizona Phoenix Long Term Ecological Research Project (CAP LTER) is conducting a nest site study of the various birds of prey (raptors) that choose to nest in and
ASU researchers, Nobel laureate have stake in ‘Planet under Pressure’ forum
The future of the oceans, poverty alleviation, global trade, biodiversity and food security are among research areas that will be at the core of the “Planet under Pressure” (PUP) conference
Spatial optimization nodels for water supply allocation
Authors: Alan T. Murray (1), Patricia Gober (2, 3), Luc Anselin (1), Sergio J. Rey (1), David Sampson (3), Paul D. Padegimas (1), Yin Liu (1)in Water Resource Management, DOI
Observatories for integrated water basin science
An Eos FORUM article by L. Douglas James, via Eos, Vol. 93, No. 10, 6 March 2012. For more than 30 years, with the last 20 years at the U.S.