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Desert Discovery

When alumnus Jim Holland finished his thesis, "climate change" was far from being coined. Thirty years later, the work has been dusted off to help researchers predict the evolution of Southern Nevada's desert ecosystem.

Graduate student Chris Roberts, left, and environmental studies professor Scott Abella in the Newberry Mountains.

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