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  • Researchers Seek to Solve Decades-Long Baja California Peninsula Mystery

    Sunday, February 2, 2020
    Researchers Seek to Solve Decades-Long Baja California Peninsula Mystery The University of Arizona is among a group of institutions who are using a $2.6 million grant to study how geologic activity, rainfall patterns and climate cycles might have shaped the evolution and biodiversity of the Baja California peninsula over time. Mikayla Mace, University Communications, Jan. 29, 2020, https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/researchers-seek-solve-decadeslong-baja-california-peninsula-mystery There’s something weird going on inside the plants and animals that call the Baja California peninsula home. On t... Read More

  • Topography Could Save Sensitive Saguaros as Climate Changes

    Thursday, September 12, 2019
    Topography Could Save Sensitive Saguaros as Climate Changes By studying nearly five decades of data on more than 5,800 saguaros dotting Tumamoc Hill, researchers found that small variations in the hill’s topography might buffer saguaro populations from the impacts of climate change. By, Mikayla Mace | University Communications | Sept. 10, 2019 The iconic saguaros on Tumamoc Hill served as harbingers in new research which sought to predict how the desert species will fare in the hotter, drier climate of the future and how topography might mitigate the effects of climate change.   Lead author Su... Read More

  • Oral History Project Seeks “Tales From Tumamoc”

    Wednesday, March 20, 2019
    Interdisciplinary Oral History Project Seeks “Tales From Tumamoc” What makes Tumamoc Hill special? UA scholars are asking the question and collecting the answers as part of Cuéntame Más: Tales From Tumamoc, a new oral history project now underway on Tumamoc Hill. Today, just as it was 2,500 years ago, Tumamoc Hill is a gathering site, and individuals' experiences and stories weave together a rich history of community and place. Those stories are now being collected by University of Arizona scholars thanks to the launch of Cuéntame Más: Tales From Tumamoc, a new oral history project. A... Read More

  • How Tumamoc Hill balances popularity with preservation

    Sunday, November 11, 2018
    How Tumamoc Hill, a Tucson hiking hotspot, balances its popularity with preservation Linda Valdez, Arizona Republic Published 6:05 a.m. MT Nov. 11, 2018 Opinion: How do you protect fragile history and important research in a place with 1,000 visitors a day? By making it more accessible. Tumamoc Hill is a beloved Tucson landmark with an existential challenge: How to balance its popularity with hikers and its role as a living scientific laboratory. Benjamin Wilder, Tumamoc’s new director, has some interesting insights that could benefit wild and beautiful places statewide that are in danger of... Read More

  • Benjamin Wilder Named New Director at Tumamoc Hill

    Thursday, October 18, 2018
    Ben Wilder, director of the Desert Laboratory, wants to create a public display of fossils, like the packrat midden he’s holding, near the facility on Tumamoc Hill. Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star  What does it take to run one of the most anthropologically, ecologically, gastronomically and culturally important places in Tucson and beyond? Just ask Benjamin Wilder, the new director of Tumamoc Hill. The area surrounding Tumamoc Hill is the longest continuously inhabited site in the United States, with evidence of maize cultivation from over 4,000 years ago. This was a leading factor in the... Read More

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