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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.

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.

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… Read more

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.

With funding through the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative, Northern Arizona University researchers are partnering with the University of Hawai’i to investigate biological, socioeconomic factors driving early childhood caries. Read more.

NAU scientists contribute to critical global study showing ‘best of the last’ tropical forests urgently need protection to mitigate climate change, safeguard human well-being.
According to a paper released in Nature Ecology and Evolution, only 6.5 percent of the world’s pristine tropical forests—critical to mitigating climate change—are formally protected, and the rest are at significant risk of being lost. Read More.