Sustainability
UConn Steers the Way to Shellfish Farms
Connecticut's coastline hosts a growing aquaculture industry, which UConn Extension educators promote alongside farmers of oysters, clams, fish, and seaweeds.
Structural Complexity in Forests Improves Carbon Capture
Researchers used light detection and ranging (LIDAR) to measure the locations of leaves throughout the forest canopy and determine how vegetation was arranged within space.
Q&A: The Truth About Plastic
With plastic bags making headlines, Nicholas Leadbeater of chemistry provides some inside on the contentious substance.
Fukushima Disaster: Key Takeaways 8 Years Later
Eight years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, a UConn researcher shares some surprising good news.
Yellowstone: A Landscape with Lessons
Yellowstone National Park and the UConn Forest look nothing alike but both speak to the same point: disturbances in the ecosystem drastically alter the landscape. Lessons from one may inform the other.
Enhanced Tree Trimming Reduces Storm-Related Power Outages, UConn Study Finds
A new study found that regular tree trimming reduces power outages caused by downed transmission lines.
Now Endangered: The Very Act That Protects Wildlife
Business interests do not currently figure into decisions about listing species under the Endangered Species Act, but new rules could change that. What role does economics play in wildlife decisions? Mark Urban of UConn, explains.
UConn Launches Institute of the Environment
UConn's new Institute of the Environment creates a multidisciplinary initiative for charting a course to a more sustainable future.
Planting New Trees in the Wake of the Gypsy Moths
A good way to identify a new plant is by looking around your neighborhood or your property to see what is thriving, says Thomas Worthley, UConn Extension.
Summer Undergraduate Researcher Christian Connors ’20 (CLAS)
'With insects, there is this hidden guild of organisms that are secretly controlling insect numbers,' says Christian Connors, who is conducting research on insect parasitoids.