Sustainability

A photo of a river with a clear water shot of rocks at the bottom

Snapshot From the Field: Studying Ecosystem Evolution in the Fastest Warming Region on Earth

A glimpse at the Summer 2026 EVOME field season

Manos (left) and Witharana (right) looking over Pan-Arctic scale maps of building damage caused by permafrost degradation.

Permafrost Melt Could Cost $261 Billion in Infrastructure Damages

This new approach provides a more accurate indication of the cost to rebuild structures

Seaweed floating in the ocean

Trading in Palm Trees for Seaweed to Support Domestic Manufacturing

Mingyu Qiao will use an anaerobic digestion process to transform seaweed into a sustainable replacement for palm oil

Amazon rainforest from above

Can Satellites Detect When Forests Lose Resilience?

This study provides clearer guidelines for understanding how well forests resist and recover from stressors like drought, fire, or human disturbances

A native flower meadow including yellow, white, and purple flowers, with a stand of trees in the background.

UConn Student Working for Fewer Lawns and More Meadows Across CT

Rethinking the lawn, to support biodiversity and sustainability

Grand Challenges Grant Foundation

Development of Algae-Based Food Product Earns Prestigious Award

Mingyu Qiao, UConn Assistant Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources, will lead a global team using a novel strain of microalgae grown on spent brewer waste to develop a lower cost version of an essential omega-3 fatty acid critical to fetal and infant brain and eye development

Collinsville Trail signage

Lessons from the Collinsville Pollinator Trail on Managing Invasive Plants

A group of dedicated volunteers worked together to manage invasive plants in their community

Students presenting their work

UConn Students Help Reimagine New Haven’s Farmington Canal Heritage Trail

Students from UConn’s landscape architecture program collaborated with the Community Placemaking Engagement Network (CPEN) to develop designs for reinvigorating a 56-mile stretch of the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail

Photographs taken by the Connecticut National Guard on Tuesday, October 30, 2012, during an aerial assessment of damage caused along the Connecticut shoreline by Hurricane Sandy

Ask UConn Extension: How to Prepare for Extreme Weather During El Niño and Beyond

As Connecticut heads into the peak of summer, UConn Extension experts offer guidance to prepare for any storm

A zoo keeper feeding a howler monkey

New Global Early Warning System Forecasts Biodiversity Exposure to Extreme Heat

'With El Niño expected to occur this summer, we expect another year of extreme threats to biodiversity'