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Eco-Art: Making Art to Reconcile with the Climate Crisis is an interdisciplinary course, developed and team-taught by Associate Professor Megan Jacobs and honors student, Kineo Memmer in spring 2023, that integrated the disciplines of art and...

Reduced predictability of seasonal rainfall might have played a significant role in the disintegration of Classic Maya societies about 1,100 years ago. 'Decline in seasonal predictability potentially destabilized Classic Maya societies' is a new study...

An unpredictable picture of a future fueled by climate change is getting clearer with the help of The University of New Mexico and Department of Energy (DOE). Department of Mathematics & Statistics Professor Emerita Deborah Sulsky has just been awarded...

William Pockman, professor of Biology at The University of New Mexico, has received a grant from the Department of Energy for $999,990 for a research project titled Empirical measurements and model representation of hydraulic redistribution as a control...

Finding her niche from her traditional background to success has sometimes been a rocky road for Raven Longwolf Alcott. But now a senior looking forward to graduation next spring, she has negotiated the obstacles and found success at The University of...

Human civilizations depend on the climate. Changes in climate affect the production of food and other resources that support our populations and economies. Paul Hooper, alumnus and adjunct associate professor of Anthropology at The University of New...

University of New Mexico climatologist David Gutzler presents a talk as part of a Physics and Astronomy Colloquium on the recently released Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Volume 2, assessing impacts of climate change and strategies for...

University of New Mexico Ph.D. student Kevin Willson, who is working with assistant professor Matthew Hurteau in the Department of Biology, was awarded a predoctoral fellowship from the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture in December. It is...

U.S. President Joe Biden joined European Union leaders at the United Nations Climate Summit in Glasgow this month in pledging to reduce global methane emissions by 30 percent over the next decade. This is a heavy lift, but researchers at The University...

An alumnus of The University of New Mexico has made a generous gift to the UNM Sustainability Studies program to establish an endowed fund in the name of his beloved late wife. The substantial gift will be used to support the Sustainability Studies...