NAU News — ‘The Importance of Black Lives:’ NAU honors Martin Luther King Jr. and other news

	‘The Importance of Black Lives:’ NAU honors Martin Luther King Jr. The virtual presentation, which will feature keynote speaker Marc Lamont Hill, will reflect on the racial injustices affecting the nation in a time when the Black Lives Matter movement remains prevalent.
	Earth to reach temperature tipping point in next 20 to 30 years, new NAU study finds Postdoc Katharyn Duffy led an international team that looked at 20 years of data from throughout the world and found that record-breaking temperatures are contributing to a significant decrease in plants’ ability to absorb human-caused carbon emissions.
	National Tribal Air Association wins EPA’s Clean Air Excellence Award This award recognizes NTAA, which is administered by NAU’s Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals, as a national leader in air quality and climate change policy.
	Keep calm and float on: NAU civil engineering students Crowdfund their way to building a concrete canoe The American Society of Civil Engineers conference brings students throughout the U.S. to compete in a variety of challenges—the largest of which is building a concrete canoe. Unable to host in-person fundraisers, the team of five turned to an online platform to fund their project.