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Johns Hopkins Expert Available to Discuss Heat Wave in U.S. West

June 16, 2021 sarah JonasExpert Pitch

As triple-digit temperatures scorch millions in California and the Desert West, stoking wildfires and exacerbating drought conditions, Johns Hopkins experts can discuss the environmental and health impacts of the heat wave, and how officials can better prepare for the rest…

Scientists identify large swath of potential habitat for up to 150 jaguars in Arizona and New Mexico

March 17, 2021 sarah JonasResearch Results

A team of scientists have identified a wide swath of habitat in Arizona and New Mexico that they say could eventually support more than 150 jaguars.

How Rocks Rusted on Earth and Turned Red

February 8, 2021 sarah JonasResearch Results

How did rocks rust on Earth and turn red? A Rutgers-led study has shed new light on the important phenomenon and will help address questions about the Late Triassic climate more than 200 million years ago, when greenhouse gas levels were high enough to be a model for what our planet may be like in the future.

NEW: Youth vote up significantly in 2020; young people of color pivotal

November 19, 2020 sarah JonasFeature

Presidential election turnout among young people ages 18-29 reached 52-55%, significantly higher than the 45-48% turnout of 2016, according to a new youth turnout estimate released today from CIRCLE at Tufts University’s Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life.

Arizona State University researchers awarded $4.7M by NIH to expand COVID-19 testing in underserved Arizona communities

October 1, 2020 sarah JonasAnnouncement

In Arizona, as in other parts of the country, data shows that COVID-19 has disproportionately affected the American Indian, African American and Latinx communities, as well as other vulnerable populations. A $4.7 million grant from the National Institute of Health to ASU’s Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center (SIRC) is on the way to help address this by funding a rapid and large-scale increase in COVID-19 testing of underserved communities across Arizona.

COVID-19: How South Korea Prevailed While the U.S. Failed

August 20, 2020 sarah JonasResearch Results

In a commentary, researchers demonstrate the stark differences in public health strategies from two democratic republics: South Korea and the United States, which have led to alarming differences in cases and deaths from COVID-19. After adjusting for the 6.5 fold differences in populations, the U.S. has suffered 47 times more cases and 79 times more deaths than South Korea.

DESI Team Prepares for Telescope Instrument’s Restart after Unexpected Shutdown

May 22, 2020 sarah JonasFeature

Despite a temporary shutdown of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument in Arizona – which was in its final stages of testing in preparation to begin mapping millions of galaxies in 3D when the pandemic struck – a variety of project tasks are still moving forward.