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A sedimentation tank at a wastewater treatment facility

Feb. 27, 2026

The dirt on PFAS and biosolid land applications

As national debates intensify over bans on spreading biosolids on farmland, University of Arizona’s College of Agriculture, Life, and Environmental Science researchers are leading a national effort to assess the true risk of PFAS contamination.

This 30-Ton Robot Could Help Scientists Produce the Crops of the Future

Aug. 13, 2020

Arizona has what ARID Center researchers call “the climate of tomorrow, today.” Scientists are using a 30-ton robotic field scanner in the state to study plant genetics and hopefully develop stress-resilient crops.

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(From left) Samantha Heward, graduate student manager at the Controlled Environment Agriculture Center Teaching Greenhouse, Karen Francis-Begay, Stacy Tollefson, CEAC Teaching Greenhouse manager, Tilak Mahato, CEAC research associate, and undergraduate student Daniel Harmon collect donated produce for the Navajo Nation. (Photo by Murat Kacira/Biosystems Engineering)

CALES Controlled Environment Agriculture Center donates 900 pounds of produce to Navajo Nation

May 15, 2020

UArizona Beef Herd Undergoes Comprehensive Genetic Testing

Oct. 29, 2019