Sustainability
Diagnosis from the Sky: Catching Insect Infestations within Forests Before It’s Too Late
Fine-tuning remote sensing to protect forests from the spread of dangerous critters
December 6, 2021 | Elaina Hancock
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
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
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
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
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
Marine National Monument Offshore from Connecticut is Protected Once Again
'Not only is it a place where the science community can study what the ocean should look like in the absence of effects like fishing and mining, it's a place for the American public'
November 3, 2021 | Elaina Hancock
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
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
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