Sustainability

Emmanouil (Manos) Anagnostou, director of the Eversource Energy Center at UConn Tech Park. (Carson Stifel/UConn Photo)

Quantifying Chaos with Emmanouil Anagnostou

Sitting glued to the evening news as a lively weatherperson displays colorful maps with patches of snow, ice and rain is a familiar pastime for anyone who has lived in New England. From blizzards and ice storms to hurricanes and tornadoes, extreme weather is a fact of life, and one of its worst side effects […]

Kurt Schwenk, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, in the field with students. (Thomas Rettig/UConn Multimedia).

Witnessing Evolution’s Great Truths

UConn's Kurt Schwenk uses high-speed video to fully expose hidden details within evolution and life.

Gulf killifish. (UC Davis)

An Evolutionary Rescue in Polluted Waters

A new study shows how a species of fish in polluted waters was able to adapt to what would normally be lethal levels of toxins for most other species.

UConn’s beloved 'swing tree' beside Mirror Lake, now reaching the twilight of its natural life, will live on through dozens of healthy seedlings that are being nurtured by horticulture professor Mark Brand at the Floriculture Greenhouse. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Dozens of Seedlings Thriving as Iconic ‘Swing Tree’ Descendants

UConn’s beloved 'swing tree' beside Mirror Lake, now reaching the twilight of its natural life, will live on through dozens of healthy seedlings that are being nurtured in a campus greenhouse.

An experiment using artificial seeds, or 'cookies,' with peanuts hidden inside provided valuable information about how mammals make seed dispersal decisions based on certain seed traits. (Yesenia Carrero /UConn Illustration)

This Animal Bit onto ‘Science Cookies’ and Revealed Data

An experiment using artificial seeds, or 'cookies,' with peanuts hidden inside provided valuable information about how mammals make seed dispersal decisions based on certain seed traits.

Two male glyptodonts (Doedicurus clavicaudatus) facing off: The massive, club-shaped tails were probably used more for intraspecific combat than defense against predators. ( Peter Schouten Illustration)

Geological Record Provides a Window to Past Flora and Fauna

A new study uses soil geochemistry to link the prevalence of grass-eating mammals in the late Miocene to climate change at that time.

Finches enjoying human junk food on the Galapagos Islands. A new UConn study found that finches drawn to junk food experience changes in their gut microbiota as compared to finches that don't encounter human food. (Kiyoko Gotanda, University of Cambridge)

Junk Food Irresistible, Even for Birds

A new UConn study found that finches drawn to junk food experience changes in their gut microbiota and body mass as compared to finches that don't encounter human food.

Ryan Cortier, a recent engineering grad, left, and Sophie MacDonald ’20 (ENG) promote the concept of a new club, where students could bring anything from furniture to iPhones and learn to fix it themselves. The new club would be called the UConn Repair Café. (Lucas Voghell ’20 (CLAS)/UConn Photo)

Focus on Sustainability: UConn’s Spring Fling

The Spring Fling festival on Fairfield Way featured organic and local food, eco-friendly vendors, green companies, and student groups in a celebration of sustainability.

Project Oceanology class retrieves a bottom trawl at the mouth of the Thames River. (Anna Sawin/UConn Photo)

Citizen Science Shows Climate Change is Rapidly Reshaping Long Island Sound

At 0.45 degrees Celsius per decade, the Long Island Sound is warming four times faster than the global ocean, according to a UConn study based on four decades of data.

Connecticut Environmental Action Day flyer.

Planting the CEAD: Marketing Sustainability Efforts

In order to build awareness for UConn Extension within the university community, a team of marketing students will host Connecticut Environmental Action Day on March 29.