Environment and sustainability

Industrial room in a water purification plant with large metal pumps, pipes and valves connected to machinery; gray gridded flooring with textured yellow patterns for traction highlights a workspace.

Environment and sustainability

Public education project brings new water recycling process to life

A red lobster wedged between two rocks.

Environment and sustainability

ASU team creates decision-making framework to improve conservation efficiency

March 18, 2025

Dew drops that have condensed from water vapor in the air adorn a leaf of a nasturtium plant.

Environment and sustainability

Mapping the way to harvesting water from air

March 17, 2025

MCDOT installs new FRC bridge connections

Environment and sustainability

A 6-month road repair that only takes 10 days, at a fraction of the cost? It's reality, thanks to ASU concrete research

March 11, 2025

Close-up of a sea slug against a coral backdrop.

Environment and sustainability

Mapping DNA of over 1 million species could lead to new medicines, other solutions to human problems

March 05, 2025

A manikin sweats from a number of openings on its head

Environment and sustainability

From road coatings to a sweating manikin, these ASU research projects are helping Arizonans keep their cool

March 03, 2025

Mother and child polar bear at the endge of a glacier in the Last Ice Area of northern Canada.

Environment and sustainability

New study on Arctic’s ‘Last Ice Area’ highlights the urgency for reducing warming

February 24, 2025

A helicopter douses a wildfire with water.

Environment and sustainability

ASU fire expert Stephen Pyne on learning to live alongside fire

February 20, 2025

Burned desert vegetation

Environment and sustainability

New interdisciplinary research highlights wildfire impacts on water and ecosystems in arid regions

February 20, 2025

A man speaks at a podium

Environment and sustainability

Stanton urges bipartisan, national action on Colorado River water

February 20, 2025

Mossi farmers in Burkina Faso

Environment and sustainability

When resource competition leads to cooperation

February 13, 2025