Sustainability
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.
Past is Key to Predicting Future Climate, Scientists Say
A group of researchers say understanding climates of the very distant past will help us understand what the future might hold for the planet.
Switching it Up: UConn Professor Patents More Efficient Carbon Capture Reactor
UConn researcher George Bollas has patented a method of carbon capture that offers a number of improvements over existing methods.
‘The Great Derangement,’ Novelist Ghosh’s Meditation on Climate Change, is 2020-21 UConn Reads Selection
"The Great Derangement," a meditation on society's response to climate change, has been selected as the UConn Reads text for the 2020-21 academic year.
Q&A: When in Drought, Build Resilience
The abnormally dry weather Connecticut has experienced in 2020 may not be an anomaly for long.