FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, Feb. 7 -- Northern Arizona University issued the following news: * * * An Arctic meltdown is accelerating global warming. How will we adapt? In 2016, nearly 200 world leaders pledged to do everything possible to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Since then, policymakers across the globe have designed countless laws around the assumption that warming would never cross that threshold. But scientists have some sobering news to share: Earth exceeded 1.5 degrees of  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Feb. 8 -- Gov. Katie Hobbs, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2025: Governor Katie Hobbs today announced the nomination of Kurt Kerr as a member of the Arizona Game and Fish Commission. Kerr, of Pinetop, is a lifelong Arizona resident, hunter, angler, and wildlife conservationist. He has 27 years of experience as a science teacher and coach at Blue Ridge High School in Pinetop-Lakeside and has been a certified volunteer hunter education instructor for th  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Feb. 8 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * Seed fund to help early-Stage university startups enters investment phase A University of Arizona seed fund designed to help launch startups from the innovations of faculty, staff, students and alumni has surpassed its initial goal of $2 million after just a year of fundraising. The Wildcat Philanthropic Seed Fund is ready to begin accepting applications and making its first investments. Tech Launch  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Feb. 8 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * U of A to help develop national standards for sustainability in higher ed Thanks to its institutional commitment to sustainability and climate action, the University of Arizona will help the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching develop a new classification to recognize U.S. higher education institutions' sustainability work. The university is one of 21 institutions recently named to   more

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, Feb. 8 -- Northern Arizona University issued the following news: * * * Wildland fires are unpredictable. NASA's spaceborne lidar is helping reduce that uncertainty Recent wildfires are larger and more intense than they've ever been in the historical record. If you've been watching the news at any point in the last decade, that's no surprise. The reasons for that are complex, though not surprising--hotter, drier weather; more fuel built up from decades of fire suppression  more