Saturday, May 13, 2023

The environment changes in many ways all at once

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The Sonoran Desert in and around Phoenix, AZ is changing in a lot of ways. There is rapid urbanization, thanks to the large and growing popu...
Wednesday, October 26, 2022

How will soil invertebrates respond to climate change? Ask the plants!

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Climate has been changing on this planet, and will continue to change. We hear a lot about warmer temperatures, but that's just one piec...
Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Urban forestry... in the desert?

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Cities, like Phoenix, burn a lot of fossil fuels and release a lot of CO 2 into the atmosphere. Think of all of the cars on the road, house...
Monday, December 13, 2021

When your study organism fights back...

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I explained back in this previous post about how important decomposition is for an ecosystem. Without the recycling of dead plants thr...
Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Sonoran Desert BioArt

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Last year I told you about our course in BioArt . Students work in teams to conduct research in the Sonoran Desert, and they communicate tha...
Monday, October 5, 2020

Nitrogen pollution in the urban Sonoran Desert

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 Phoenix is one of the fastest growing cities in the United States. That means a LOT of people live in the city, which means a lot of fossil...
Tuesday, April 21, 2020

BioArt in the Sonoran Desert

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BioArt: Sonoran and Arctic Environments is an interdisciplinary course at Arizona State University’s West Campus that pairs science and art...