Welcome to ISPE
The Institute for the Study of Planet Earth (ISPE) is a center for disciplinary and interdisciplinary environmental and climate change science at The University of Arizona. Working with faculty and students from more than forty departments across campus, ISPE supports and helps coordinate the physical science, social science, and engineering research and education needed to understand how natural and human systems are likely to change and influence society in the months, years, and decades to come. From global warming impacts in Antarctica to water availability concerns in Arizona, ISPE builds on the UA's long-standing tradition of excellence in earth science and environmental programs to address regional and global change issues and provide society with the tools and solid scientific foundation needed to make the best decisions about our future.
Faculty affiliated with ISPE are focusing their talents on identifying sustainable solutions to evolving environmental issues that intersect a range of natural science, social science, and engineering disciplines.
Upcoming Event
ISPE is pleased to sponsor the following upcoming event:
A Requirements-Based Design for the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)
A talk by Michael Keller, Chief of Science, NEON
May 15, 2008
3:30 PM—4:30 PM
Marriott University Park, Canyon Rooms
In the News
Nobel-winning Scientist Headlines National Conference on Environmental Conflict Resolution
Jonathan Overpeck, UA geosciences professor and ISPE director, will address the conflict over climate change during the fifth national ECR2008, held in Tucson on May 20-22.
Scientists and Engineers Use Autonomic Computing to Study the Secret Lives of Plants
Scientists and engineers at The University of Arizona's Biosphere 2 are teaming up to study the secret lives of plants—secrets that the plants have kept well hidden until now.