The Spotlight on Climate is a monthly column on climate change topics written by NAZCCA and published in the Arizona Daily Sun. Read all the previous columns below!
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2025
Climate Change and Life Along the Border (July 2025) by Paloma Greenwald
Moments in nature can still soothe your climate-weary soul (June 2025) by Theresa Crimmins
The Fate of Flagstaff’s Purple Martins is Global (May 2025) by Erika Hingst-Zaher and Loren Buck
Climate Change, Wildflowers and Pollinators (April 2025) by David Inouye
Breaking the Gridlock in Northern Arizona's Solar Energy Economy (March 2025) by Erin Mahan
Uncovering the Compounding Cost of Climate Change (February 2025) by Stefan Sommer
Snow Fail, and the State of World Climate in 2025 (January 2025) by Stefan Sommer
2024
Rudolf and Friends Need to Get Around (December 2024) by Stefan Sommer
Pipeline Across Navajo Perpetuates Environmental Injustice (November 2024) by Eleanor Smith & Jessica Keetso
Got Insurance? Climate Change Drives Up Costs (October 2024) by Katherine Rolfe
What's our greatest responsibility to future generations? (September 2024) by Bryan Bates
Around the world in 80 ways (August 2024) by Stefan Sommer
Is climate change killing the Colorado River? (July 2024) by Joshua O’Connor
Taking Local Control of Renewable Energy (June 2024) by Shelly Gordon
Fast fashion and the culture of overconsumption (May 2024) by Grace Meinema
Earth Day and Spotlight - Where Do We Stand? (April 2024) by Stefan Sommer
A delicious diet for a dying planet (March 2024) by Jolene Bowers
Ounce of prevention: Building better vs. paying for damages (February 2024) by Stefan Sommer
Cycling into the new year: A push for sustainable commuting (January 2024) - by Kevin Hayes
2023
Life on Earth and the Season of Caring for Others (December 2023) by Stefan Sommer
Every bit we emit matters for all of us (November 2023) by Stefan Sommer
Trouble With Tribbles – Little, but Deadly (October 2023) by Stefan Sommer
Mycorrhizal Fungi – Can They Save Our Pinyon Forests? (September 2023) by Kitty Gehring
Art moves the needle on climate change (August 2023) by Ted Martinez
How Does Climate Change Affect Our Health? (July 2023) by Sheri Erwin
Banking on Climate Solutions, Not Climate Change (June 2023) by Brandon McNamara
The smallest victims -- pollinators on the brink (May 2023) by Clare Aslan
Setting the Stage for Future Ponderosa Forests (April 2023) by Tom Kolb
Solutions for a Clean Energy Future (March 2023) by Erik Nielsen
Flagstaff Scientists Contribute to Understanding Climate Change (February 2023) by Stefan Sommer
New Climate Extremes Keep Piling Up! (January 2023) by Stefan Sommer
2022
Clean Electricity, Clean Hydrogen, Clean Vehicles (December 2022) by David Spence
Effects of Climate on Societies of the last 1,200 Years (November 2022) by Tom Finger
What does the past tell us about abrupt climate change? (October 2022) by John Fegyveresi
The Time for Electric Vehicles is NOW! (September 2022) by Bill Manteiga
Why is Mormon Lake Dry? (August 2022) by Richard Hereford
Why are we getting more mosquitoes in Flagstaff? (July 2022) by Pat Ellsworth
Are We Seeing Climate Disasters in Northern Arizona? (June 2022) by Stefan Sommer
Seeking Hope Amid the Ashes of the Tunnel Fire (May 2022) by Paul Fulé
What is the Value of the Earth? (April 2022) by Stefan Sommer
The winds of change: Transitioning to clean energy (March 2022) by Tom Acker
Hope Through Action in a Warming World (February 2022) by Diana Stuart
Forests, Carbon and Climate Change (January 2022) by Scott Goetz
2021