The Global Drylands Center of Arizona State University hosted a meeting entitled “Assessing the Relative Importance of Atmospheric vs. Soil Water as Controls of Carbon Cycling in Terrestrial Ecosystems” in Scottsdale, AZ on April 25. Although both atmospheric and soil water describe distinct stages within the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum, they have traditionally been explored by different scholarly communities. The workshop brought…
Summer Reading | Root Sensitivity & the Chihuahuan Desert
Sensitivity of root production to long-term aridity under environmental perturbations in Chihuahuan Desert ecosystems “Our results yield new insight into how dryland plant roots respond to climate change. Our comparison of dryland ecosystems of the northern Chihuahuan Desert predicted that root production in shrublands would be more sensitive to future climates that are drier and more variable than root production…
Hispanic Drylands, a Workshop Beyond Borders
The Global Drylands Center (GDC) & the Chicano/Latino Faculty and Staff Association (CLFSA) coordinated an evening event on March 15, entitled Hispanic Drylands. We developed a new framework analyzing the two-way interactions between Hispanic Culture and Drylands. Hispanic culture originated in the drylands of Southern Europe and spread mostly into the drylands of the Americas. How the culture-environment interaction determines…