ENVIRONMENT

Introduction

Global warming is fast approaching the threshold that scientists have flagged as a critical tipping point for cascading disruptions in Earth systems.

Working against that ticking clock, researchers at the University of Arizona are unraveling the complex interactions both resulting from and driving climate change: intensifying wildfires, soaring urban heat, unprecedented flooding, and more.

Our innovations in modeling the dynamics of watersheds, cleaning up environmental toxins, and better understanding how ecosystems respond to drought directly benefit Arizonans.

At the same time, they add to a growing portfolio of potentially life-saving strategies and technologies that can be adapted for hot and arid regions around the world.