Sustainability

Desalination plant. (Getty Images)

New Findings May Lead to Sea Change in Desalination Technology

University of Connecticut scientists use electrospray to produce smooth reverse osmosis membranes with tunable thickness.

A view from the survey boats, while waiting for the tide to come in and allow travel to the next location, Gulf of Mottama. (Chris Elphick/UConn Photo)

Snapshot: Chris Elphick in Myanmar

Researcher Chris Elphick shares photos from Myanmar, where he helped survey species of waterbirds, including a critically endangered sandpiper.

A gray tree frog calling. (Kurt Schwenk/UConn Photo)

Nature and Knowledge at Our Doorstep

Students exposed to nature, some for the first time, soon become fascinated and eager to learn more.

Dewayne Johnson, who used Roundup in his job as groundskeeper and later developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma, has been awarded $289 million in damages. (AP Photo via The Conversation)

Jury finds Monsanto Liable in the first Roundup Cancer Trial – Here’s What Could Happen Next

A UConn Health professor with experience of trying to help figure out why people get cancer discusses implications of the Roundup verdict.

Percentages of Connecticut's land surface in 2015. (Graphic by Maxine Marcy for UConn)

Preserving Green Spaces in Connecticut’s Changing Landscape

Smart land use management is critical in order to preserve open space, says extension educator Chester Arnold. 'It isn’t something we can go back and fix later on.'

Researcher John Volin discusses the history of the state’s forests, and current threats from climate change, blights, and invasive species. (Yesenia Carrero/UConn Illustration)

Connecticut’s Forests Today a Far Cry from Towering Giants of Old

'We tend to look at deforestation in areas like the tropics, but we should also look at what is happening in our own backyard,' says researcher John Volin.

A female deer and her fawn are captured on camera by UConn researchers, part of a project to gather abundance data on the state's deer population. (Jennifer Kilburn/UConn Photo)

Camera Traps, Citizen Science, Help Track State’s Animal Populations

In order to conserve the species that are here, we have to know more about what we have. UConn researchers are collecting data on animals and birds in the state.

Red lake reflection, Andean Flamingos birds in the Bolivian Andes. (Photo/Getty Images)

How Virtual Worlds Can Recreate the Geographic History of Life

Although our computer simulations were not designed to predict the future, they vividly reveal the dynamic power of climate change to shape life on Earth, write a UConn professor and former student.

South America, by Guillaume de l'Isle, Paris, 1700. Engraving. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

From Cradle to Grave: Model Identifies Factors that Shaped Evolution

The study, published today in Science, brings us closer to knowing the complex interactions between topography and climate change, and how these factors influence the evolutionary histories.

Hurricane Irene slams the Connecticut coast. (CT DEEP)

$8 Million Grant to Increase Connecticut’s Coastal Resilience

UConn will lead development of a framework for resilience planning and preparation for Connecticut cities and towns.