SICCS professor Kevin Gurney published a study earlier this week that details greenhouse gas emissions across the entire U.S. landscape at high space- and time-resolution with details on economic sector, fuel and combustion process. Read More.
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Looking to the shadows: NAU researchers turn to trees to determine if multicellular life on exoplanets exist
A team of researchers, which includes professors and graduate students in informatics and astronomy, conducted a study to determine if there is vegetation on planets outside our solar system. The answer might not be so out of this world. Read More.
NAU global change ecologist leads NASA satellite study of rapid greening across Arctic tundra
The international team of researchers, led by assistant research professor Logan Berner, found the region has become greener as warmer air and soil temperatures have led to increased plant growth. Read More.
Alumni and Industry Partners, come see us in Flagstaff this Fall!
The weather is perfect and the leaves are turning. It is the perfect time for our Alumni and Industry Partners to come visit us in Flagstaff. Read More.
Summer warming is turning the Arctic greener
A new study shows much of the Arctic tundra biome became greener during recent decades, likely due to rising summer air temperatures stimulating plant growth. Ecoinformatics researchers from SICCS teamed with field ecologists at eight institutions around the world to investigate how, where, and why tundra greenness changed since the 1980s. Drawing on Landsat satellite observations from 1985 to 2016, they found tundra greenness increased at 38% of sampling sites across… Read more
SRP funding groundbreaking NAU research into forest health, increasing diversity in STEM
The five-year partnership between NAU and the Phoenix-based Salt River Project funds research focusing on applied research activities related to SRP’s core businesses of power and water. Graduate and undergraduate students join NAU researchers in these projects. Read More.