Soil, Water and Environmental Science

Welcome to the Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science.

We are part of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Our students, faculty and staff are involved in teaching, research and extension in our community, as well as worldwide.

Minerals, Microbes, and Carbon

A focus on the priming effect

Tribal Drought Information

for Monitoring, Assessment, and Planning

Sampling Contaminated Soils

Petroleum contaminated soil in a bioremediation study

U of A NIEHS Superfund Research Program

Hazardous Waste Risk and Remediation in the Southwest

Spotlight People

Craig Rasmussen

I jointed the SWES department in January of 2005 and established the Environmental Pedology program after finishing my dissertation in Soils and Biogeochemistry at the University of California,...

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