Agriculture & Food

Research shows small, frequent fires by mobile hunter-gatherer groups controlled landscape-scale fire activity.

A new grant from the National Institutes of Health will allow U of A researchers to further investigate the role that chemicals found in plastics and cosmetics have on women's health and metabolism.

Michael Kotutwa Johnson leads a project at the University of Arizona Campus Agricultural Center that involves low-cost irrigation trials, nutritional analysis of traditional crops and the development of databases to capture the science of Indigenous agricultural systems.

According to researchers at the University of Arizona and The University of British Columbia, small-scale observations of how plants respond to heat don't always translate into an accurate prediction at a larger scale.

The Water Resources Research Center's annual conference focused on ways nations, states, tribes and others work together when water crosses borders.

Contrary to what people might think, North American forests are burning less, not more, finds a new study co-authored by U of A fire ecologist Donald Falk. Researchers say the absence of fire can contribute to more severe wildfires in the future.

Yuma's agriculture and agribusiness contributed $4.4 billion in economic activity to the state of Arizona and $3.9 billion to Yuma County in 2022.

From canine companionship to intergalactic intrigue, U of A research, scholarship and expertise generated news around the world in 2024.

The Burn Period Tracker tool provides real-time information on the number of hours per day that relative humidity is less than or equal to 20% – a metric informally known as the "burn period." The tool has been has been widely adopted by fire managers across the Southwest.

With a $3.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, precision nutrition researchers will conduct a clinical trial to explore how ancestry and genetics affect the body's response to omega-3 fatty acids.