Linguist Bonny Sands speaks in clicks. The adjunct faculty member is an expert on click languages, and supports language revitalization efforts through documentation.
Social Sciences
Apr 7, 2016
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Scientists who study climate and ecosystems in the Arctic have weighed in on future changes in the region affecting soils, streams and wildfire, which will be releasing greater amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse ...
Environment
Mar 30, 2016
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Reading isn't all rainbows for many children across the country.
Social Sciences
Mar 10, 2016
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A technique developed by Northern Arizona University researchers can help invasive pest managers make more informed decisions about how to control Japanese beetles and the extensive damage they cause.
Ecology
Mar 9, 2016
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Although slavery was formally abolished in the United States in 1865, it was nearly a century until African Americans were firmly established in the country's middle class. This development started in Washington, D.C. during ...
Social Sciences
Feb 12, 2016
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In a concrete bunker set upon bedrock on the Northern Arizona University campus lies an instrument delicate enough to manipulate a single molecule.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 18, 2016
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9
When a tree species supports more than 1,000 animals, birds, insects and microbes, the tree type can be considered too big to fail. "Cottonwoods are the General Motors of the plant world because they define a community and ...
Ecology
Dec 7, 2015
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Northern Arizona University scientists are calling for accelerated restoration of mixed-conifer forests in a paper published this month in Forest Ecology and Management. These landscapes are at extreme risk for uncharacteristic ...
Environment
Nov 12, 2015
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Snowpack can be difficult to measure in the rugged, varied terrain of northern Arizona's forests, and warming winters only complicate the picture. But a careful look into the past, layered with scrutiny of the present, reveals ...
Environment
Oct 29, 2015
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Based on the number of acres burned, 2015 is shaping up to be the second most extreme fire year during the past decade in North America's boreal region. Historically, the area has had one or fewer extreme fire years per decade.
Environment
Oct 22, 2015
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