Sustainability

UConn Researchers Develop Pioneering Monitoring Technique to Help Build Mangrove Resilience

Mangroves are like armor to protect us from climate change, but faced with sea level rise and extreme weather, will these important habitats survive?

An interior view of the water reclamation facility.

UConn Cuts Storrs Water Demand in Half With High-Tech Facility, Conservation Efforts

The drop in water use has happened despite a 22% increase in the population being served

Hurricane damage in New York

US Flood Governance Drives Social Inequity, and Maybe the Next Housing Market Crash

Florida is likely to be the canary in the coal mine, showing a drop in coastal home values starting now

Jon Contaxis '25 (PHARM), right, and his father, Bill Contaxis '90 (ENG) of Milford, pick up trash around Mirror Lake

“Don’t Mess With Mansfield” Clean-Up Event on Saturday

The University of Connecticut and the Town of Mansfield are teaming up for a community cleanup day on Saturday, Nov. 16

A glacier calving into the sea

Seeking Climate JUSTICE for All

A team of UConn researchers is changing climate conversations for good

Ecology compost supply - kitchen waste recycling in backyard composter. The man throws leftover vegetables from the cutting board.

UConn and Fort Hays State University Compete in Werth Innovation for Sustainability Challenge

Both teams presented compelling projects focused on compost solutions

UConn Department of Earth Sciences and Department of Marine Sciences Professor Pieter Visscher researches stromatolites, which are fossilized biofilms where Earth's earliest life forms evolved.

Microbial Slime: The Ultimate System to Understand Our Planet

'These biofilms are just remarkable. They may be the ultimate system to study to understand our planet'

Jeffrey McCutcheon

Water Research Foundation Awards Top Honor to UConn Engineering Professor

McCutcheon intends to use the award to broaden the application of his manufacturing approach to other materials of interest to the membrane science community

A student at the Homer Babbidge Library, reading.

UConn Reads Announces ’24-’25 Selection: ‘All We Can Save’

A collection of provocative and illuminating essays from women on the front lines of climate change

EJTCTAC

UConn, EPA Launch Regional Environmental Justice Center

The Environmental Protection Agency is backing UConn’s initiative through a $10 million federal grant