Climate change

The new collaborative effort will see part of CIRCA housed in SGCI offices at UConn Hartford.

Closer Collaboration and Community Outreach for Urban Sustainability, Together at Hartford Campus

The partnership between CIRCA and SCGI aims to help build more environmentally sustainable and resilient cities

December 9, 2021 | Elaina Hancock

Community Impact
Faces of children appear during the projection of #ProjectingChange onto the exterior of SEC Armadillo on November 5, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. #ProjectingChange was an art activation created by world-renowned artists intended to inspire hope around the climate crisis during the 26th United Nations Climate Conference.

The Power of the Green Zone at COP26

'It re-framed climate change, and gave me the chance to reflect instead of continuously looking forward with anxiousness'

December 3, 2021 | Carol Atkinson-Palombo, Professor of Geography and Director of Environmental Studies 

Increased flood risk is not confined to coastal development. Inland towns and cities also faced increased flooding risks.

CIRCA Awarded $5 million in New Funding to Strengthen CT’s Climate Change Resilience

CIRCA is creating a 'project pipeline' to move resilience planning and adaptation forward

November 16, 2021 | Elaina Hancock

Community Impact
The UConn students and faculty members who traveled to the COP26 summit in Glasgow.

Reflections on COP26: Uncertainty and Hope

Many countries have committed to further reductions, but still not enough to reduce warming to the critical 1.5C threshold

November 15, 2021 | Mark Urban, Arden Chair of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

A television camera operator works in front of a COP26 logo displayed on a screen ahead of an event on the sidelines of the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow on November 9, 2021.

COP26: A UConn Perspective on the Climate Change Summit

CIRCA's Jim O'Donnell shares his on-the-ground perspective from the momentous conference in Scotland

November 12, 2021 | Jim O'Donnell, CIRCA Executive Director

An image of the Avery Point campus captured via drone camera.

UConn Researchers to Explore Marine Life, Human-Sea Interaction

The projects touch on everything from the effects of climate change on marine animals to how coastal communities respond to flood risk

November 5, 2021 | Judy Benson, Connecticut Sea Grant

Research & Discovery
High power electricity pylon above a city skyline. Sulfur hexafluoride is used to prevent fires in the electrical grid, but the gas is a major contributor to global warming, leading to a new research project to replace it.

New UConn Research Project Aims to Eradicate Use of Gas 25,200x More Harmful Than CO2

Working to create an electrical grid free of a potent greenhouse gas

October 19, 2021 | Eli Freund

Research & Discovery
A Dungeness crab scuttling across a boardwalk. The life cycle of the Dungeness crab offers lessons on potential effects of climate change for other species.

Understanding How a Crab’s Complex Life Cycle Will Respond to Climate Change

Research with implications for species under stress from a warming planet

October 8, 2021 | Elaina Hancock

Research & Discovery
Hundreds of people take part in a Global Climate Strike protest on September 24, 2021, in Cape Town, South Africa, demonstrating against the causes of global climate change, and in particular, the South African Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE).

Climate Change Literacy Lessons from Africa

'If people are literate about climate change and have a better idea of what's coming, then they can adapt more effectively'

October 7, 2021 | Combined Reports

An artist's rendering of the conditions during the End-Permian Mass Extinction, which wiped out nearly all life on earth.

Animals Died in ‘Toxic Soup’ During Earth’s Worst Mass Extinction, a Warning for Today

'The end-Permian is one of the best places to look for parallels with what's happening now'

September 17, 2021 | Combined Reports

Research & Discovery