Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science

View of the Planetary Health building at ASU with an inset of a globe

Environment and sustainability

A prototype of a university for a thriving world

Two divers in light blue water with a beige ocean floor.

Environment and sustainability

Untangling marine data to give coral reefs the best chance for survival

April 17, 2023

Colorful marine life.

Environment and sustainability

New UN treaty aims to protect ocean biodiversity — what's next?

March 10, 2023

Photo collage with image looking down at surf boarders on the ocean and an image looking straight on at a surf boarder in the ocean

Science and technology

Native knowledge

January 10, 2023

Tourists fill a Hawaiian beach.

Science and technology

New study reveals tourists love Hawaiian coral reefs just a little too much

January 09, 2023

Bird's-eye view of coral reef.

Science and technology

New study shows policies designed for land use can also protect coral reefs

December 12, 2022

ASU alumnus and student stand on a boat and launch aquatic robot

Science and technology

This imaginative tech is transforming conservation

November 14, 2022

Man dressed in a suit shaking hands with Pope Francis.

Environment and sustainability

ASU climate scientists featured in YouTube film with Pope Francis

October 12, 2022

Aerial view of plumes of turbid water on a beach in Molokai, Hawaiʻi.

Science and technology

ASU's Allen Coral Atlas launches improved tool to uncover reef threats, support conservation measures

October 11, 2022

Underwater view of part of a coral reef in an ocean with the shadow of a boat passing by above.

Science and technology

An ocean of opportunity

September 15, 2022

Chart with illustrations depicting global predictions of functional diversity across tropical and subtropical, dry and moist broadleaf forests.

Environment and sustainability

ASU scientists study the response of tropical forests to climate change

May 17, 2022