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  • Aerial top-down view of a dense, vibrant green forest meeting a deep blue water, with a winding shoreline of light green aquatic vegetation and clear, shallow water.

    How does remote sensing work? Reading a changing planet from space

    Remote sensing is how scientists study a place without touching it, using satellites and aircraft to turn light into data. Here’s how it…

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  • An aerial, wide-angle shot of a wide, dark blue river winding through a dense, vibrant green rainforest. Small, isolated clusters of green trees and partially submerged vegetation sprout directly out of the water along the river's path, creating tiny islands. The thick, unbroken canopy of the forest stretches out to the horizons on both sides of the riverbanks.

    What is conservation? Definition, types and why it matters

    Picture a community and the wild animals that share its land, both depending on the same water, soil and seasons. Holding that balance…

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  • A group of people wearing ASU-branded shirts and casual attire gather and smile together at an outdoor campus patio event.

    Being the change starts with who you think you are

    Equal intelligence, opposite outcomes: identity is what decides. Three ideas about who you are from Being the Change, ASU’s changemaking course on purpose…

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    How to use a 529 plan to earn college credit in high school

    A 2025 US federal law widened what a 529 plan can pay for, and for families who have one, that money may stretch…

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  • A researcher wearing a white Arizona State University (ASU) t-shirt and gloves crouches on the deck of a boat at sea, collecting water samples from a large oceanographic sampling rosette (CTD instrument). The researcher is smiling as they adjust a valve on one of the grey sampling cylinders. The background shows the bright, blue open ocean under a clear sky.

    Understanding sustainability and how to build a career in it

    Botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer writes that naming a plant is only the beginning. Understanding its relationships to pollinators, ecosystems and people is where…

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    Arizona high school students can earn ASU college credit through the ACT collaboration

    Arizona high school learners who took the ACT this spring have a direct path to earning widely transferable college credit from ASU —…

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