Global average sea surface temperatures have risen at unprecedented rates for the past three decades, with far-reaching consequences for coral reefs. Today, the majority of coral reefs are surviving at their upper thermal limit and an increase in just one degree…

More than two and a half billion years ago, Earth differed greatly from our modern environment, specifically in respect to the composition of gases in the atmosphere and the nature of the life forms inhabiting its surface. While today’s atmosphere consists of about 21…

Until recently, if you wanted to make a map of a coral reef, you had a lot of options, all of them bad. That’s changing, thanks to a pair of recent additions to Arizona State University’s faculty.

Greg Asner…

Aloha. It’s the Hawaiian word for love, affection, peace, compassion and mercy. It’s usually used as a greeting, but to native Hawaiians it has a deeper cultural and spiritual significance. In that context it’s used to describe a force that holds together existence.

Editor’s note: This story is featured in the 2023 year in review.…

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2018 commencement. 

Lora Eger never questioned what she…

Moist air rises from the Amazon river basin, colliding with Saharan dust blown over the Atlantic. Temperatures rise in the ocean around the Azores. Winds circle faster and faster, whipping the sea into a frenzy of cresting swells. Chunks of ice the size of buildings…

In a recent article in Christian Science Monitor, titled "Cassini spacecraft finds evidence for liquid water on Enceladus", writer Pete Spotts looks at new research supporting the possibility of finding life beyond Earth on Saturn's moon Enceladus…

Futuristic robots may be coming soon to an ocean…

There’s more to Morocco than what you see in movies like “Casablanca.” The North African country has a long history and culture that is as colorful as the clay tiles made by its artisans.

Students from Barrett, The Honors College at Arizona State University…