Sustainability

Aeration tanks in a sewage treatment plant.

A Solution for Reclaiming Valuable Resources Flushed Down the Drain

UConn researchers are turning a sewage treatment plant problem into biofuel

November 22, 2022 | Elaina Hancock

Lightning strikes over a city at night, illustrating the sudden and dangerous nature of so-called cytokine storms, potentially fatal episodes where inflammation-causing proteins flood the blood.

Grant Enhances Solar Energy, Storm Readiness Efforts

Eversource Energy Center associate director Junbo Zhao earns $4.4 million to develop transformative technologies and advance Connecticut’s preparedness and response to inclement weather

November 21, 2022 | Matt Engelhardt

Community Impact Research & Discovery

Carol Atkinson-Palombo, professor of geography, second from left, speaks at a forum on the world climate held at Greenwich High School

In Connecticut, Climate Change is Another Way to Say Opportunity

A forum on UConn’s role in Connecticut’s energy future

November 17, 2022 | Kim Krieger

Alumni Community Impact UConn Voices

The sign to the Badwater Road turnoff is left in the debris of flood waters downstream from where dozens of cars were damaged as Death Valley National Park partially reopens two weeks after record-setting rainfall caused a historic flash flood, on August 20, 2022 in Death Valley, California. Heavy rainfall from cloudbursts across California's deserts has caused major damage in many areas. Death Valley National Park, Mojave National Preserve and Joshua Tree National Park are still recovering and only partially reopened. Park representatives said that the storm that shut down Death Valley on August 6 was a once in a thousand years event and could be the most widespread catastrophic event in the park's history, damaging 60 vehicles and trapping 1,000 people.

Using Monsoons of the Past to Predict Climate Conditions of the Future

A team of researchers used ancient climate data to predict how the summer monsoon may change in the North American southwest

November 10, 2022 | Combined Reports

Screen shot of Zofia Baumann working with oysters in hopes to help restore Connecticut’s oyster populations.

Science in Seconds: Oyster Restoration

UConn Marine Science researcher Zofia Baumann has her eyes set on restoring Connecticut’s oyster populations

November 7, 2022 | Thomas Rettig

Community Impact Research & Discovery

Three different types of insect together on a wild flower, illustrating the kind of biodiversity and role in the food web that insects play.

‘Insects Need Our Help in a Warming World, Now’

If no action is taken to better understand and reduce the impact of climate change on insects, scientists warn we will drastically limit our chances of a sustainable future with healthy ecosystems

November 7, 2022 | Combined Reports