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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona air quality on the rise

Megan Gibbs March 1, 2018

Arizona air pollution has decreased by 62 percent in all emissions over the past 40 years, according to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ). This report comes after a record low last...

Tohono O’odham members and other southern tribe members hang a flag at the U.S.-Mexico border. Photo by Alejandaro Higuera.

For Native Americans, racism hits home

Sarah Covey November 15, 2017

  After over 500 years of broken treaties and forceful domination from European settlers and the U.S. government, Native Americans in Arizona today still face racism in the most intimate part...

Dutch Nagle, task president for the Friends of the San Pedro River, stands at a pond near the San Pedro. The river runs north from its headwaters in northern Mexico to its confluence with the Gila River near Winkelman, Arizona.

Humans threaten health of San Pedro River

Mark Armao October 23, 2014

Water swirls and gurgles at the foot of a towering cottonwood, its reflective leaves shimmering in the wind. The thirsty trees line the banks of the San Pedro River, which flows undammed from its headwaters...

Picture from the International Space Station of Tucson (right), Phoenix (center) and Las Vegas (upper left). Courtesy of International Dark-Sky Association.

Disappearing sky: light pollution from Phoenix threatens astronomy industry

Brian Valencia October 1, 2014

  Arizona is one of the best places in the world to see the stars but its stargazing nights might be numbered. Light pollution primarily from Phoenix is degrading the night skies, diminishing the...

Tucson losing luster (to Flagstaff) as a beacon in global dark-skies movement

Tucson losing luster (to Flagstaff) as a beacon in global dark-skies movement

JS March 26, 2014

Tucson, which has long prided itself on its commitment to the containment of light pollution, is falling behind on that count as other cities join in the international movement to encourage darker skies...

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