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Daily HeadlinesApril 3, 2019

Project Oceanology class retrieves a bottom trawl at the mouth of the Thames River. (Anna Sawin/UConn Photo)

Citizen Science Shows Climate Change is Rapidly Reshaping Long Island Sound

At 0.45 degrees Celsius per decade, the Long Island Sound is warming four times faster than the global ocean, according to a UConn study based on four decades of data. Read more.

From left, Eilis Garcia (The Pregnant One), Elizabeth Jebran (The Bleeding One), Adrianna Simmons (The One with Dwindling Dignity), Pearl Matteson (The Young One), and Willow Giannotti-Garlinghouse (The Pious One) in Connecticut Repertory Theatre’s production of ‘If We Were Birds’ by Erin Shields, onstage in the Studio Theatre through April 7. (Gerry Goodstein for UConn)

‘If We Were Birds’ Reflects Long History of Sexual Violence

The Connecticut Repertory Theatre’s modern adaptation of a story from Greek mythology shows that sexual violence has been chronicled for centuries. Read more.

This example of Aphanorrhegma serratum, a species endemic to eastern North America (and found on UConn's main campus) shows both stages of the moss life cycle, with the circular structures representing the reproductive stage along with the more familiar gametophyte stage. (Bernard Goffinet/UConn Photo)

New Evidence Shows the Evolving Nature of Moss

Using DNA-sequencing technology, a research team including UConn's Bernard Goffinet have reconstructed the family tree of mosses, which go back at least 400 million years. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

CAHNR Drought, Gypsy Moths, and How They Impact Tree Mortality

UConn in the News

National Geographic

Our Nights are Getting Brighter, and Earth is Paying the Price

Science Daily

Food for thought: Why did we ever start farming?

The Nation

UConn’s Micki McElya: ‘Loyal Slave’ Monuments Tell a Racist Lie

San Francisco Chronicle

Citizen Science Indicates Climate Change is Rapidly Reshaping Long Island Sound

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