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For a long period, ecologists supposed tree rings were not present in tropical trees due to a lack of temperature and rain variations in the trees' surroundings.

UArizona researchers were leaders in a world-wide effort to understand topical trees and their futures under climate change. They found that heat and drought slow the growth of tropical trees, a major absorber of carbon dioxide.

To address extensively changed forest successional circumstances, 20th- and 21st-century climatic shifts, and quickly shifting wildfire regimes in the present age, scientists suggest landscape-level adaptation.

Expertise in facade design has become a growing niche for firms and individuals who specialize in building envelopes, facade fabrication techniques, and performance-based design solutions. A facade specialist helps firms create unique building exteriors that blend architecture, engineering, and...

University of Arizona-led team of scientists may have developed the next best thing to a crystal ball to inform ecologists how forests of the future will react to the changing climate.

It may seem as if California is always either flooding or on fire. But this weather whiplash isn't new. It's been going on for 50 years.

Most scientists researching Californias extreme weather events have focused their investigations on the last decade and predict a more tumultuous future. But new UArizona research finds that an increasing trend in extreme weather began half a century ago.

Most scientists researching California's extreme weather have focused their investigations on the last decade. But new UArizona research finds that an increasing trend in extreme weather began half a century ago.

Scientists believe the man was killed by a tsunami created by the eruption of Thera, "one of the most destructive eruptions in human history."

An intriguing voicemail left for a UArizona archaeologist led to the repatriation of artifacts to the African country of Mauritania – and became the first step toward a new partnership.