by Admin | May 7, 2020 | A Better World, NAU, Universities
For decades at field stations across the Arctic, permafrost researchers like Northern Arizona University’s Ted Schuur have walked up to pipes drilled into the frozen ground and, with highly sensitive thermometers attached to cables, taken the Earth’s temperature....
by Admin | May 7, 2020 | A Better World, NAU, Universities
Professor Loren Buck, environmental physiologist and associate director of Northern Arizona University’s Center for Bioengineering Innovation (CBI), is leading a new project that has the potential to change nothing less than the way scientists understand life on...
by Admin | May 7, 2020 | A Better World, Innovations, NAU, Universities
A new paper by Northern Arizona University professor Andrew Richardson published in the journal Scientific Data describes a vast network of digital cameras designed to capture millions of images documenting seasonal changes of vegetation across North America. The...
by Admin | May 7, 2020 | A Better World, Innovations, NAU
A pilot project has the potential to unlock a critical bottleneck in forest restoration and wildfire prevention efforts across northern Arizona by creating markets for restoration byproducts like wood chips from small-diameter trees. The pilot project, led by...
by Admin | May 7, 2020 | A Better World, Innovations, NAU
In anticipation of sending humans to Mars by 2033, NASA scientists are searching for suitable locations to land on the Red Planet. Ideally, these potential landing sites would have high scientific value for exploration while offering natural resources to sustain human...
by Admin | Apr 24, 2020 | A Better World, NAU, Universities
As data centers expand to handle the exponential growth of global data traffic, the amount of energy they consume is increasing at an alarming rate. Currently, data centers use approximately 10 percent of the world’s electricity—predicted to grow to 20 percent by...
