Sustainability
$5M Google.org Grant Uses AI to Track Permafrost Thaw
As part of an international team, UConn remote sensing expert Chandi Witharana helps expand Permafrost Discovery Gateway
Greenland Melted Recently, Shows High Risk of Sea Level Rise Today
Long-lost ice core reveals that much of Greenland was green 416,000 years ago
UConn Selected to Lead Clean-Energy Project to Help U.S. Industries in Decarbonizing Efforts
'Investments in net-zero-carbon technologies and industry decarbonization can strengthen U.S. and Connecticut manufacturing competitiveness, which then creates new jobs and economic opportunities that improve quality of life'
Connecticut Sea Grant Project to Focus on Possible Contaminants in Coastal Waterways
The UConn researcher-led effort is part of a multistate effort to analyze pollutants in urban coastal areas along the East Coast
M.S. Student Brings More Accurate Soil Information to the Public
In collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Monique Michaud is standardizing soil data collection for scientists nationwide
Connecticut: Get Ready for CHEAPR e-bikes
A sustainable future needs sustainable transportation. Here, a CIRCA expert details an update to a program to us move toward that future
Research in a Place Where Geological Processes Happen Before Your Eyes
UConn researchers use ancient plant leaf wax – signatures for what happened millions of years ago -- to reconstruct the history of Taiwan's mountains
Ph.D. Student Helps Protect Long Island Sound’s Marshes
With the Long Island Sound at particular risk, UConn researchers are using a method called thin layer placement to gradually increase marsh elevation
UConn Researchers Join NASA-Funded International Biodiversity Monitoring Project
The BioSCape project is NASA’s first-ever biodiversity field program combining airborne spectroscopy, LIDAR, and field observations across South Africa's Greater Cape Floristic Region, home to two global biodiversity hotspots rich with flora and marine species found nowhere else on Earth
Mapping Connecticut’s Understory from Outer Space
UConn researchers have performed one of the largest understory species mapping projects to date, and the findings are both surprising and promising