TRIF Initiative: Water, Environment and Energy Solutions

U of A geoscientists are leading a $12 million feasibility study to characterize geologic locations suitable for carbon dioxide storage in the Harquahala basin west of Phoenix.

The National Science Foundation awarded $3.8 million to two projects involving U of A engineers developing solutions for the semiconductor energy dilemma.

Arizona geologists are well aware of the energy storage potential hidden within the state's vast underground salt deposits—and so is the government.

The Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center received a grant from the U.S. Geological Survey to help fund practical solutions to high-priority climate adaptation needs.

A pair of climate-tracking trucks crisscrossed Tucson as part of a statewide project to understand the effects of extreme heat. U of A researchers will translate the data into policy recommendations and other ideas for communities to stay heat resilient.

Assistant professor Beth Tellman explains how satellite monitoring helps translate people's flood experiences into maps for policymakers.

In the Best Global Universities rankings, UArizona earned its best scores in space sciences, ranking No. 8 overall, No. 6 in the U.S. and No. 2 among public universities.

Some areas of the Amazon rainforest are more resilient to drought than others, new UArizona-led research shows. If not managed carefully, we could "threaten the integrity of the whole system," researchers say.

In honor of National Ocean Month, Joellen Russell talks about the role of oceans in absorbing heat and carbon, and how ocean activity impacts Arizonans.

Two climate scientists discuss the significance of the monsoon and how members of the public can make their own rainfall predictions.

The Snow4Flow mission, led by professor Jack Holt, will measure glaciers' ice and snow thickness and help scientists better predict how glacial melting contributes to sea level change.

UArizona researchers have developed a new way to uncover hidden layers in the atmosphere, which could help better explain how pollution gets trapped over cities.

In the face of increasingly hotter temperatures across the U.S., University of Arizona heat research will help inform policy recommendations and other actions in communities nationwide.

Life can be tough for young red squirrels living in the Canada's Yukon territory, where frigid winters, food scarcity and predators threaten their long-term survival. Scientists want to know what factors might protect young squirrels, especially as their environment becomes more impacted by climate change.

Researchers have investigated how human activities impact Earth's deep subsurface, a zone hundreds of meters to several kilometers beneath the planet's surface.

The University of Arizona received a $100,000 grant from the USDA to develop a program that serves underrepresented urban farmers by teaching them to pollinate their crops through beekeeping and to diversify their income with honeybee products.

The multidisciplinary cohort will highlight major takeaways from COP28 during February 1 event at ENR2

A group of faculty, staff and students sets out to build an off-the-grid system to power water filtration for communities across the Navajo Nation, where running water is not universal. But first, they set out to understand life on the reservation.