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Courtesy of Paul GoddardSea level rise on the East Coast and record cold winters are negative outcomes identified from the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation slowing down. Paul Goddard, a geosciences graduate student, showed in a recent study that the Northeastern U.S. - shown in red on the map - had an unprecedented sea level rise in 2009 and 2010. 

Glacial melting slows down ocean current

John McMullen
April 9, 2015
Courtesy of Benjamin Horn Benjamin Horn recorded palliative care discussions between patients and physicians in the thoracic cancer unit in Germany. Horn found palliative care consultations in Germany to be more personal than consultations in the U.S. 

Approach to palliative care differs culturally

John McMullen
March 26, 2015
Luke Larson packs away ammonites to take back home to South Dakota on Sunday at the Mineral & Fossil Cooperative. Larson said this year marked his 10th year at the show and is the largest source of revenue for his family business.

Gem science explored

John McMullen
February 19, 2015

Conference highlights science communication

John McMullen
January 15, 2015
Courtesy of Scott Wood Lightning strikes over the Chandler Municipal Airport. Lightning events may increase in the U.S. due to rising temperatures as a result of climate change; however, UA researchers say there are many complex factors that contribute to lightning strikes which makes making predictions difficult.

Lightning research strikes UA professors as incomplete

John McMullen
December 4, 2014
Students learn why geology rocks at Saturday Science Academy

Students learn why geology rocks at Saturday Science Academy

John McMullen
November 20, 2014
A daily monsoon storm on top of Mount Lemmon as seen from General Hitchcock Highway just outside of Summerhaven on July 8. It was previously believed that the ocean was the main moisture source of the North American Monsoon, but UA researchers have found that the main contributor to the NAM is actually land sources.

Land water matters for monsoon

John McMullen
November 6, 2014
Kara Welch, a molecular and cellular biology instruction specialist, shows how caterpillars are fed in little cups in an incubation chamber located in the Marley building on Tuesday. For her study, she puts caterpillars in food with different toxins to see how the caterpillars will survive on them.

Genetically modified organisms: safe to eat and well regulated, scientists say

John McMullen
October 23, 2014
Courtesy of Gary TrublGary Trubl, a graduate student in soil, water and environmental science, Moira Hough, a graduate student in ecology and evolutionary biology, and Robert Jones, a former lab technician, take a core sample of a collapsed palsa, an unthawed ice core that has soil on top of it. The samples will be studied in a lab to see what microbes are now active because of climate change and releasing methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

Ocean heats up as climate steadies

John McMullen
October 16, 2014
Brittney Smith / The Daily Wildcat During the UA 2014 Arizona Insect Festival, Julia Marcus, 7, looks through a microscope at miniature beetles on Sunday in the Student Union Grand Ballroom. Several booths are set up to educate and entertain about entomology.

Arthropods at Student Union for Arizona Insect Festival

John McMullen
September 25, 2014
Animal sciences senior Rachel Williams does a routine grooming on the UA Equine Center’s horse Sheza Lopin Deelite, 18, at the center on Wednesday. The new Kemper and Ether Marley Foundation Veterinary Medicine and Surgical Program was made possible through a $9 million gift from the Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation.

UA gets funding for new veterinary program

John McMullen
September 11, 2014
Courtesy of Brittany Xiu Community members help out with the restoration projects at Anna Henry Elementary School. The school is a Conserve to Enhance project site and received over $8,000 from the C2E grant program.

UA water conservation program generates fund to enhance environment

John McMullen
August 28, 2014
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