Maricopa County and ASU combat urban heat with Healthy Urban Environments (HUE) initiative

A three-year, $2.99 million grant is helping to get the Healthy Urban Environments Initiative at ASU off the ground. The initiative's aim is to conduct research that will reduce urban heat and improve air quality in Maricopa County.

Meet sustainability alumna René Edde

René Edde, senior business development manager of coffee for Fair Trade USA, initially thought that the Executive Master of Sustainability Leadership might just be a good resume builder. But it

Virtual conference provides sustainable alternative

Due to the international scope of sustainability science, sustainability scientists travel a lot — especially by plane — to conduct research and to meet with colleagues. An important component of

Reflections on the NatureNet Science Fellowship

By Kelly Gravuer As I boarded the plane to Washington, D.C. to take on new science policy challenges, my thoughts drifted to the NatureNet Science Fellowship I had just wrapped

New modeling reveals complex dynamics of climate change, heat-mitigating technologies

The near-term future of Earth is one of a warming planet, as urban expansion and greenhouse gas emissions stoke the effects of climate change. Current climate projections show that in

Webinar discusses preventative locust management

One of the differentiating characteristics between grasshoppers generally and locusts specifically is the potential for locusts to undergo what scientists call “phase change.” As part of the shift in behaviors

Global Drylands Center director recognized for contributions to ecology

Osvaldo Sala, distinguished sustainability scientist and founding director of the Global Drylands Center at Arizona State University, has been named an honorary member of the Asociación Argentina de Ecología (AsAE).

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CI partners with ASU Decision Theater on innovative tool

As part of the ASU-Conservation International partnership, CI recently collaborated with ASU Design Theater to implement a tool that assists decision makers in policy interventions associated with land degradation.

Meet sustainability student Elyse Kats

Elyse Kats left the Midwest for the Arizona desert and hasn’t looked back. Kats, an Arizona State University School of Sustainability undergraduate student, is from Kansas but is happy she

Conservation International partners with ASU’s Decision Theater on innovative tool

These are well-known consequences of economic development threatening human and ecological health. International efforts to mitigate these threats are also familiar, including reducing greenhouse gas emissions, protecting endangered animals and cleaning our air and waterways.

DOE awards $4.5 million to ASU teams to discover new ways to harness carbon dioxide for reducing cost of biofuel

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced 36 projects that together have been awarded $80 million to support early-stage bioenergy research and development. Two ASU research teams are among the

DOE awards $4.5 million to ASU teams to discover new ways to harness carbon dioxide for reducing cost of biofuel

ASU Now The U.S. Department of Energy has announced 36 projects that together have been awarded $80 million to support early-stage bioenergy research and development. Two ASU research teams are