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Is the Current Drought Our Only Water Supply Problem?

Is the Current Drought Our Only Water Supply Problem?

February 22, 2021

This article ran in the Winter 2019 Sonoran Quarterly issue   Paul HirtSenior Sustainability Scholer, Arizona State University   If you were in Arizona this past summer, you may have experienced what some now call our “nonsoon” season—no monsoon....
Saguaros Struggle Through “Nonsoon”

Saguaros Struggle Through “Nonsoon”

September 23, 2020

In recent weeks, a large number of saguaros are falling in residential areas throughout metro Phoenix. Why is this happening? The giant cactus or saguaro is one of the most iconic species of the Sonoran Desert. These organisms have ada pted to the environmental...
 
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