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Released: 26-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT

Baltimore bridge collapse, port closure leads to supply chain concerns: Experts available for comment

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Released: 25-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT

Northern Arizona U. astronomer, “eclipse chaser” available to comment on April 8 total solar eclipse

Released: 29-Aug-2023 4:25 PM EDT

Experts: Supply chains that run through Tampa Bay could be at risk from Idalia

Released: 20-Mar-2023 12:55 PM EDT

Experts available to discuss dire findings, paths forward announced in latest IPCC report

Released: 7-Feb-2023 4:00 PM EST

‘Pursue what you want, believe in yourself and push as many boundaries as you can’

In honor of International Day of Women and Girls in Science, celebrated on Feb. 11, Northern Arizona University asked a variety of woman scientists why they chose their field and what advice they had for women and girls hoping to follow the same path.

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Released: 12-Sep-2022 6:05 AM EDT

DART section lead available to discuss upcoming asteroid impact experiment

Released: 18-Jul-2022 12:05 PM EDT

How Long Does a Tree or Ecosystem Remember a Drought?

A team of NAU scientists, led by SICCS professor Kiona Ogle, won a $3.6 million grant from the NSF to study the legacy of extreme climate events on ecosystems in the American West; they hope to not only know how long an extreme event influences ecosystems but also figure out how to better forecast such effects.

Released: 27-Jun-2022 5:15 PM EDT

Experts Available to Discuss Wildfire Activity, Ecosystem Recovery and Costs

Released: 12-Jan-2022 11:50 AM EST

Is it time to worry about the supply chain again?

Released: 12-Nov-2021 3:20 PM EST

Worried about the supply chain? Here are the 5 commodities that will be hardest to find

Released: 25-Oct-2021 8:30 AM EDT

Another threat from the climate crisis: Violent conflicts, including genocide, will worsen as countries compete for dwindling resources

Released: 15-Jun-2021 5:20 PM EDT

Expert: The ‘silver bullet’ to the West’s water crisis lies not in Lake Mead but in what we feed our cattle

Released: 10-May-2021 5:45 PM EDT

Data scientist available to discuss need for diverse supply chain after ransomware attack shuts down oil pipeline

Released: 30-Mar-2021 2:15 PM EDT

Public health expert: COVID-19 pandemic highlighting health care disparities in U.S. system

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Released: 26-Feb-2021 2:25 PM EST

Supply chain expert available to discuss Biden’s order to strengthen critical U.S. supply chains

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Released: 18-Dec-2020 1:40 PM EST

Cybersecurity expert: After Russian hack, common security tools, including cloud-based multi-factor systems, shown to be less effective in preventing attacks

Released: 16-Dec-2020 12:55 PM EST

Anthropologists find Americans’ sense of community wanes as pandemic goes on, leading to increases in public incidents of rage and racism

Released: 27-Aug-2020 7:05 AM EDT

Expert available to discuss potential impact on supply chains, especially fuel supply, from storms Marco and Laura

Released: 11-Aug-2020 7:00 AM EDT

With upcoming Dem VP pick, expert available to discuss positives and negatives for women in politics

Released: 26-Mar-2020 12:55 PM EDT

Empty shelves not an indicator of a broken supply chain: Big data maps out critical U.S. supply chains amid COVID-19 pandemic

Released: 23-Oct-2019 4:20 PM EDT

International quantum computing experts available to discuss Google’s quantum computing announcement

Released: 6-Jun-2019 3:05 PM EDT

How will the proposed tariffs affect your county?

Released: 17-Dec-2018 12:05 PM EST

Ecologist available to discuss UN climate talks, effectiveness of agreed-upon approach to reducing emissions

Released: 14-Sep-2018 11:40 AM EDT

Data Mapping Shows Hurricane Florence Could Disrupt Supply Chains Beyond Mid-Atlantic Region, with All Eyes on Port of Charleston

Released: 22-Aug-2018 6:05 PM EDT

Planetary science expert available to discuss significance of finding water on the moon

Released: 20-Jul-2018 4:50 PM EDT

Astronomer on Team That Discovered 12 New Moons of Jupiter Available to Discuss Findings

Chad Trujillo is part of the team that is searching for Planet X, a large ice planet that orbits outside of Pluto. They also discovered a dwarf planet in 2014.

Released: 7-Jun-2018 7:05 PM EDT

Mars Researcher Available to Discuss NASA's Curiosity Rover Discovering Methane, Organic Material on Mars

Mark Salvatore, who studied the surface of the Red Planet, also is part of a team that collaborates with scientists, engineers and NASA's rover operations to guide the Curiosity around Mars.

Released: 7-May-2018 1:05 PM EDT

Expert: NASA’s InSight could provide insight into Mars’ surface habitability, evidence of ‘marsquakes’

Planetary geologist Mark Salvatore said this mission will provide the clearest look into Mars' interior structure, which will help scientists understand planetary formation and ways Earth and Mars differentiated over time.

Released: 1-May-2018 3:50 PM EDT

Biologist Available to Discuss CDC Report on Increase in Infections From Insects and Arachnids to Humans

Nathan Nieto's overall focus is the evolution of infectious diseases in wild animals and how that translates into transmitting diseases to humans. His current research looks at ticks that submit Lyme disease and relapsing fever.

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Released: 16-Apr-2018 4:55 PM EDT

Astronomer Available to Discuss TESS, Its Likely Contributions to Growing Field of Exoplanets

Astronomer Ty Robinson is available to discuss the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

Released: 29-Nov-2017 1:05 PM EST

Thus, Let the Beat Rock, Rock on Indeed: Black Music Here to Stay, and It’s Time Grammy Awards Recognizes It

Released: 30-Oct-2017 4:05 PM EDT

Astronomer: Interstellar Mystery Object Indicative of Planetary Formation Throughout Milky Way

Released: 11-Oct-2017 6:05 PM EDT

Expert on Near-Earth Space Objects Available to Discuss Thursday's Asteroid Appearance

Released: 7-Sep-2017 5:05 PM EDT

Expert available to discus earthquake swarm, 8.0M earthquake in Mexico

Released: 6-Sep-2017 6:05 PM EDT

Forestry Experts Available to Discuss Causes, Effects of Dozens of Fires in Western U.S.

Released: 6-Sep-2017 2:05 PM EDT

U.S. Permafrost Expert Selected to Be Lead Author for Global Report on Cryosphere, Dangers of Its Thawing

Ecologist Ted Schuur studies the frozen lands in the Arctic that are thawing as the climate warms, releasing previously captured greenhouse gases into the environment and continuing the cycle.

Released: 15-Aug-2017 2:05 PM EDT

Manic Moonday: Astronomer Discusses #solareclipse2017, Why People Should Experience the Celestial Scenery

Ty Robinson talks about what eclipses demonstrate about the movement of exoplanets and touches on how alien life may fit into this celestial event.

Released: 27-Jul-2017 7:05 PM EDT

Tick Talk: Bloodsucker Present, but Likely Not in Unusually Large Numbers, in Northern Arizona This Summer

Released: 9-Mar-2017 1:05 PM EST

Expert Available to Discuss New Findings About Southern California’s Earthquake Risk

Released: 23-Feb-2017 5:05 PM EST

Expert: Lakotas’ Continuing Opposition to #DAPL Measured by Effects on Future Generations

Released: 21-Feb-2017 9:05 AM EST

Expert: Without TPP, China Looms Large in U.S.-Asia Trade Talks

Released: 23-Jan-2017 11:05 AM EST

Film Expert Available to Discuss Coming Oscar Nominations

Paul Helford, the principal lecturer for creative media and film at Northern Arizona University, is available to discuss the nominations, what they mean for the film world and what nominees are likely to take home the statue.

Released: 10-Mar-2015 12:05 PM EDT

Professor and Students Exploring Previously Undiscovered Archaeological Sites

LiDAR technology is helping archaeologists see through the thick jungle to Maya ruins in Belize.

Released: 27-Feb-2009 1:00 PM EST

Forestry Expert: Western U.S. Faces Similar Threat as Deadly Australian Wildfires

The raging Australian wildfires that have killed more than 200 people and destroyed some 1,800 homes over the last few weeks can "absolutely happen in the western United States at any time this year," says forest ecosystem expert Wallace Covington.

Released: 30-Jul-2008 8:00 AM EDT

Geophysics and Earthquakes Expert Available for Comment

Northern Arizona University's Dr. David S. Brumbaugh, Director of the Arizona Earthquake Information Center, is available for comment about the earthquake in Los Angeles on Tuesday, July 29, 2008.