For Star subscribers: Staffing issues at the National Weather Service in Tucson could be impacting the accuracy of monsoon storm predictions, according to a former University of Arizona atmospheric science researcher.
Henry Brean
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Henry joined the Star in 2019 after 25 years at Nevada newspapers. A Tucson native, he graduated from Amphi and earned a journalism degree from the University of Missouri. He wrote about the environment for the Las Vegas Review-Journal for 16 years.
Tucson's Center for Creative Photography has come up with an elaborate way to beat the heat: a state-of-the-art cold storage facility it will use to preserve its precious collection of negatives and color prints at subfreezing temperatures.
For Star subscribers: Water could soon return to another dry stretch of the Santa Cruz River, thanks to an effort by Pima County and others to use treated effluent to improve the aquifer and riparian area through Sahuarita.
University of Arizona astrophysicist Erika Hamden takes readers on a romp through a "Weird Universe" in her debut popular science book.
Desert animals generally don't need to be rescued from the heat, according to a reminder issued by wildlife experts after an uptick in calls about young hawks that were just fledging, not injured or abandoned.
For Star subscribers: Scientists unveiled the first images from what they are calling “the greatest astronomical discovery machine ever built," and there are plenty of Tucson connections.
A new study by University of Arizona researchers bolsters the case that fossilized footprints in White Sands, New Mexico, are the earliest evidence of humans in the Americas.
For Star subscribers: As conservationsts and Oro Valley officials gathered recently to celebrate the success of wildlife crossings on Oracle Road, work was continuing in Marana on a project that should help animals cross a steep levy along on the Santa Cruz River.
Local officials and conservationists are marking the 25th anniversary of Ironwood Forest National Monument with proclamations of support amid threats by the Trump administration to shrink the preserve.