Climate change
UConn Reads Announces ’24-’25 Selection: ‘All We Can Save’
A collection of provocative and illuminating essays from women on the front lines of climate change
October 30, 2024 | Combined Reports
UConn, EPA Launch Regional Environmental Justice Center
The Environmental Protection Agency is backing UConn’s initiative through a $10 million federal grant
October 30, 2024 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20
Electric, Hybrid Buses Coming to UConn as Next Generation of Clean Transit
The electric buses produce no tailpipe emissions and provide all the features that today’s students need for a comfortable and productive ride
October 23, 2024 | Stephanie Reitz
A Peculiar Algae with Significant Potential
Weird aspects of a big, cactus-shaped algae could be useful for things like coral reef conservation and regenerative biology while teaching us about how organisms coped with past climatic changes
October 9, 2024 | Elaina Hancock
UConn and Eversource Host Third Annual Sustainable Clean Energy Summit
Gene Rodrigues, U.S. Department of Energy Assistant Secretary for Electricity, served as keynote speaker
September 24, 2024 | Combined Reports
Arctic Capillaries: An Eye-Opening Symptom in a Swiftly Changing Landscape
'We identified more than 1 billion individualized ice wedge polygons, and there are billions left to be mapped, but this is the first effort'
September 11, 2024 | Elaina Hancock
Fast-growing and Versatile: UConn Researcher is Working to Plant More Willows
Multifaceted species appears everywhere from CT to the Arctic, and has a wide variety of uses, from erosion control to pollination
September 5, 2024 | Elaina Hancock
CIRCA: Serving Connecticut’s Coastal Communities and Beyond
As seas and temperatures rise, the Connecticut Institute for Resilience & Climate Adaptation uses research and community engagement to protect communities across the state
July 23, 2024 | Mac Murray, and Thomas Rettig
Prepare Now to Shelter from the Storm
From preparing as a family to how businesses can get ahead, UConn Extension has tips to help Connecticut communities ride out extreme storms safely
July 9, 2024 | Stacey Stearns, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources & UConn Extension
City Fern, Country Fern: Citizen Science is Helping to Study Why Some Plants Love the City Life
If you want to create a diverse urban ecosystem, you want to include a diverse array of species because an ecosystem builds from the ground up
July 8, 2024 | Elaina Hancock