Sustainability
For Selenium in Rivers, Timing Matters
Researchers have gained new insight into an ongoing environmental health problem.
Pandemic Got You Down? A Little Nature Could Help
Spending time in nature can help ease stressful feelings, researchers found.
Q&A: Climate Grief and Our Crisis of Culture
UConn's Phoebe Godfrey locates the growing feeling of "climate grief" in existing problems of Western society.
Benton ‘Anthropocene’ Exhibit Highlights Human Impact on Environment
Exploring humans' effect on the planet through centuries of art.
When Looking at Species Declines, Nuances and Long-term Data Are Important
How a claim about the impact of climate change on insect populations in Puerto Rico didn't quite match the data.
Opinion: A Book for All of Us Living in the Time of ‘The Great Derangement’
Amitav Ghosh's meditation on the inability of contemporary society to face up to climate change is an urgent and timely selection for UConn Reads.
Bury Christmas, And a Happy New Use: Repurposing Christmas Trees to Prevent Coastal Erosion
When Christmas is over, those formerly-decorated trees may have a new purpose in protecting Connecticut beaches and marshes from erosion.
With Global Challenges in Mind, Keeping a Decades-long Success Story at the Forefront
The world's success in addressing the crisis of acid rain could serve as a template for tackling similar challenges.
UConn, Mystic Aquarium Work Together to Enhance Animal Health
The Connecticut Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory at UConn and Mystic Aquarium have an education and animal health partnership that dates back almost 30 years.
Shark Feast! And Insights about Carbon Sequestration
A team of researchers including UConn's Peter Auster stumbled on something rarely glimpsed by human beings - a deep-sea shark feast.