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.

According to Leah Gerber - founding director of ASU’s Center for Biodiversity Outcomes - a compromise with whaling nations that allows them to legally hunt under regulations and monitoring might break a current stalemate centered on the ethics of killing whales.

The International Society for History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology has given its top award, the David L. Hull Prize, to Jane Maienschein - ASU Regents' Professor and Distinguished Sustainability Scientist - for her contributions to scholarship, service and interdisciplinarity.

With the aim of transforming Ethiopia into a carbon-neutral middle-income country by 2025, ASU LightWorks is one of three institutions to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with AORA Solar to promote the development and advancement of renewable energy technologies in that country through academic cooperation.

In his essay, "Seeing the full picture: save nature, live better," M. Sanjayan seals the perceived separation between humans and the natural world, demonstrating how conservation is actually in our own enlightened best-interest. Sanjayan's essay is accompanied by a condensed video of his Earth Month Wrigley Lecture.

What are the benefits of striking a deal with Japan on Whaling? CBO Director, Leah Gerber featured Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment guest editorial, critiques the leading arguments. A deal