CCASS in the News

The Lower Santa Cruz River Basin Study, an analysis of the impacts of growth and climate change on the Tucson area’s groundwater basin, was recently posted by the Bureau of Reclamation.

The Associated Press reports that as of July 1, 2025, the government website hosting the U.S. national climate assessments- the legally mandated reports detailing the effects of climate change on the United States- have gone dark. CCASS head and coordinator of the 2014 version of the report, Kathy Jacobs was contacted for the article and called the removal of the report from public view "censoring science."

The Associated Press sought out 30 scientists working in climate, health, and related fields for their take on a major new policy change by the EPA. One such expert consulted on the matter and quoted in the article was head of CCASS, Kathy Jacobs.

A new profile by U of A Health Sciences Office of Communications explores the journey of Dr. Kacey Ernst, Professor and CCASS Advisor, from a child curious about ethnobotany and saving the Amazon Rainforest to one of the leading experts on the intersection of climate change and disease.

A group of UArizona researchers has published a new article in Eos that highlights the needs for addressing flood injustice. This article was inspired by a 2-day symposium that the author working group held in partnership with AIR and CCASS back in spring of 2023.

On Thursday, February 1, 2024, the Arizona Initiative for Resilience and International Development (AIRID) and the Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions (CCASS) hosted Catalyzing Climate Action: A Discussion in the Wake of COP 28.

The full recording from the CCASS Career Pathways in Adaptation event is now available. A panel of four climate adaptation experts discuss their experiences and careers as well as their insights about the future.

The recent deadly firestorm in Hawaii and Hurricane Idalia’s destructive storm surge helped push the United States to a record for the number of weather disasters that cost $1 billion or more so far this year.

CCASS Director Kathy Jacobs was interviewed by CNN International's Michael Holmes about the devastating fire in Hawaii and how we can build more resilient systems in the future.

Check out the Arizona Tri-University Recharge and Water Reliability Project webpage for updates related to this project.