Ecological tipping point: 5+ El Niño events per century
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Anthropologists discovered a frequency threshold causes dramatic changes in marine and terrestrial eastern Pacific ecosystems, and offers a look into our future.
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What makes algae blooms grow?
A U professor receives a $3 million grant to study why toxic algae blooms grow in Utah Lake and other sources.
Read MoreGlobal analysis identifies at-risk forests
Forests can be a part of the climate solution as long as global warming doesn’t kill them first.
Read MoreWhat is the Wilkes Center for Climate Science and Policy?
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A generous $20 million gift from Clay and Marie Wilkes will leverage the U’s location and interdisciplinary knowledge to address the immense challenges of climate change.
Read MoreBacked by $20M gift, U launches the Wilkes Center for Climate Science and Policy
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The new center will promote research, study effective public policies and propose entrepreneurial business solutions to combat the threats that climate change poses.
Read MoreBiologists engineered insect-bacterial mutualism
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The development is a “bucket list” achievement for the collaborators.
Read MoreSummer camp teaches high school students medical lab science
High school students learn the basics of medical laboratory science, a growing and critically important field.
Read MoreTo boldly know what no one has known before
Gail Zasowski’s research will help us understand how the infant Milky Way grew into the massive spiral galaxy that we see today.
Read MoreBOOM! A meteor crashes across Utah’s sky
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On the morning of Aug. 13, a mysterious boom rattled windows and Utahns’ nerves across the Wasatch Front.
Read MoreOne family’s genetic mutation may help improve diabetes care
The findings could have broad implications for diagnoses and treatment.
Read MoreAir you can chew: The history of Utah’s air quality
Exploration of newspaper articles shows Utah’s awareness of air quality issues over time, as well as the actions taken to address the “smoke nuisance” since the 19th century.
Read MoreU of U Health awarded $28M to explore HIV’s inner workings
A University of Utah Health-led multi-institutional research center that studies the inner workings and vulnerabilities of HIV recently received a five-year, $28 million grant renewal from the National Institutes of Health.
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