climate change

Willem van Leeuwen

amh — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:08:23 -0600

Since 2005, Wim is an Assistant Professor with joint appointments in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment - Office of Arid Lands Studies & the School of Geography and Development at the University of Arizona, Tucson, where he is teaching Geographical Field Study of Environemntal Geography, Biogeography, Phenology and Remote Sensing for the Study of Planet Earth.

Climate change and ecosystems of the Southwestern USA

alyssa — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:59:17 -0600

MTNCLIM 2008 Mountain Climate Research Conference

lgraumlich — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:17:43 -0600

Start time: 06/09/2008 - 12:00am

End time: 06/12/2008 - 11:59pm

The MTNCLIM research conferences are sponsored by the Consortium for Integrated Climate Research on Western Mountains (CIRMOUNT), and are dedicated to mountain climate sciences and effects of climate variability on ecosystems, natural resources, and conservation in western North American mountains. A post-conference workshop for natural-resource managers is held to address implications of climate variability and climate change in conservation and resource management.

Learning the rhythm of the seasons in the face of global change: phenological research in the 21st Century

alyssa — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:07:02 -0600

David D. Breshears

alyssa — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:47:54 -0700

My research program is highly interdisciplinary and bridges diverse aspects of environmental science, largely from an ecosystems perspective. Much of my work lies within the mission of unraveling competing and interrelated processes in water-limited ecosystems within the grassland-forest continuum, gradients of woody plant coverage that include shrublands, savannas, and woodlands, as well as grasslands and forests. I am interested in interactions between woody and herbaceous plants and the associated patterns of canopy patches of woody plants and the intercanopy patches that separate them.

Steve Archer

alyssa — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:54:45 -0700

Santa Rita Experimental Range

alyssa — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:40:32 -0700

The longest continuously studied rangeland research area in the United States provides new insights into vegetation response to climate and land management.

Drought & Die-off

alyssa — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:18:02 -0700

A well-documented pinyon pine die-off sheds light on climate-induced changes to ecosystems.

Biosphere 2

alyssa — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:08:17 -0700

Biosphere 2 in nearby Oracle, Arizona is managed by The University of Arizona, and serves as a laboratory for controlled scientific studies, an arena for scientific discovery and discussion, and a far-reaching public education center.

Declining Snowpack in the West

alyssa — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:05:07 -0700

Researchers in SNRE are using tree-rings to take the long view on snowpack trends.