Category: SERI

For the past six years we have collaborated with University of Arizona's Project Harvest to examine levels of contamination in residential harvested rainwater We collected and analyzed over rainwater samples by partnering with families in Tucson whom are disproportionately impacted by climate change and pollution The findings show there is increased contamination in rainwater...

The City of Tucson s Landscape Advisory Committee LAC invite you to the th Urban Heat Island UHI Workshop This year the workshop is in collaboration with University of Arizona CLIMAS Discussions will focus on finding opportunities for Tucson to develop innovative solutions to mitigate the Urban Heat Island UHI effect and effectively communicate...

As part of our diversity and inclusion strategy website visitors are now able to access a wide range of accessibility and language support tools to customize their digital experience through Recite Me assistive technology Being able to offer an inclusive experience is essential to support over of the population who may encounter barriers when...

The City of Tucson recently won a million urban forestry grant from U S Department of Agriculture which will accelerate the initiatives in the Tucson Million Trees program The grant will allow the program to grow more green spaces invest in youth workforce development and support equitable distribution of the trees in the city...

The new Western Environmental Science Technical Assistance Center for Environmental Justice West EJ Center has been featured in nbsp Arizona Daily Star nbsp EPA has awarded million to run the West EJ Center under Principal Investigator Dr Paloma Beamer at nbsp the University of Arizona College of Public Health As one of the center...

On August the PBS NewsHour aired a segment on how saguaros are being affected by rising temperatures and drought conditions The saguaro segment begins at minute The video features a National Park Service study of saguaro flowering in which a GoPro camera mounted on a long selfie stick is used to take daily photos...

Growing our own food is not an easy task but it is not impossible there are resources available to help For a second time now we are partnering with Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona to benefit our participants by providing them free seasonal seeds If you are interested in having your own garden...

Theresa A.Foley, Climate Science Specialist at SERI, has her article "Total gaseous mercury (TGM) concentration over Lake Superior and Lake Michigan" accepted in the Journal of Great Lakes Research.