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UA Research Examining How Heat Waves Are Getting Bigger
Dr. David Keellings, assistant professor of geography, was recently awarded a three-year, $340,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the relationship between the size of heat waves and causes across the U.S.
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A&S in the News: August 4-10, 2019
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A&S in the News: July 28-August 3, 2019
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A&S in the News: June 16-22, 2019
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A&S in the News: April 21-27, 2019
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A&S in the News: April 14-20, 2019
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Climate Change to Blame for Hurricane Maria’s Extreme Rainfall
A storm of Maria’s magnitude is nearly five times more likely to form now than during the 1950s, an increase due largely to the effects of human-induced warming, according to a study led by Dr. David Keellings, assistant professor of geography.
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A&S in the News: March 31-April 6, 2019
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Research Shows Cocaine Trafficking Adapts to Law Enforcement Efforts
A model developed by Dr. Nicholas Magliocca from UA and others from around the country found the cat-and-mouse game of cocaine smuggling and government interdiction strategies results in a larger geographic area for trafficking with little success in stopping the drug from reaching the United States.
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