
Elaina Hancock
Author Archive
Finding New Strategies for Treating a Catastrophic Disease
Foot and Mouth Disease was eradicated in the US in 1929, and researchers are working to make sure it stays that way
July 15, 2025 | Elaina Hancock
For Restoring Biodiversity Look for Help from the Humble, World-building Muskrat
'These important aquatic rodents transform habitats in many ways that some communities, like the Native Americans, have appreciated for 1000s of years, and Western science is just now discovering that importance'
July 10, 2025 | Elaina Hancock
UConn Researchers Are at the Forefront of Using AI for Weather Forecasting
We want to be able to better predict storms over Connecticut and the Northeast US, which is why we started this exploration with ML/AI
July 8, 2025 | Elaina Hancock
Stocking Up on Snacks: How Phytoplankton Prepare for the Future
'They don't have brains, so how does this past information influence their performance?'
June 16, 2025 | Elaina Hancock
When Stressors Converge, How Will Our Forests Fare?
Two recent publications dig into the impacts of compounding factors threatening New England trees
June 6, 2025 | Elaina Hancock
How Economics Nearly Drove New England’s White-Tailed Deer to Extinction
“Once you start commodifying animals and commodifying nature, problems happen”
June 2, 2025 | Elaina Hancock
Fool’s Gold: A Hidden Climate Stabilizer
“It's intriguing to see how Earth can recover from very severe past experiences that wiped out life on the planet”
May 21, 2025 | Elaina Hancock
Charting Our Galaxy’s Extreme Center
UConn researchers develop a clearer 3D model of the galactic center
May 19, 2025 | Elaina Hancock
Working to Understand Why Mercury Levels are so High in the Arctic
Researchers tackle a previously unexplored aspect of mercury at the air-sea interface
May 15, 2025 | Elaina Hancock
After 170 Years, Thoreau’s River Observations Inform Our Changing Climate
A then-and-now comparison of the timing of seasonal events helps translate the abstraction of climate change into the reality of actual life
May 8, 2025 | Elaina Hancock