Only cowbirds sing the watery blues

A biologist, a physicist and a psychologist walk into a lab …

When Disciplines Coalesce: Environmental Science Reimagined

When Disciplines Coalesce: Environmental Science Reimagined December 5, 2025 Above: photo credits, […]

Mapping the Great Salt Lake’s Dust Hotspots

Reality check to agencies considering such proposals as a way to stave off climate change

Improving snowfall forecasts in the Mountain West

The varied topography of the American West results in minutely localized weather

Modeling Life — Using Math to Understand Biology

Chris Miles brings a mathematician’s precision to one of science’s most complex frontiers: biology.

The true cost of living with Great Salt Lake dust

The shrinking Great Salt Lake could cost Utahns more than just their health — it could also hit their wallets. 

Equations on ice

A trip to the Arctic tests mathematical models.

Seismology meets botany

U geologist Jeff Moore applies vibration science to saguaros

Biologist Jamie Gagnon is a 2025 U Presidential Scholar

Preserving atmospheric oxygen in sulfate

Thallium isotopes show O2 levels rose, fell at the ocean floor long after marine animals