From the depths of the sea to the top of Mt. Washington to the outer edges of the solar system, University of New Hampshire researchers are taking the pulse of the planet’s health. Climate change, fisheries decline, organic food production, and biodiesel technology are among the Earth Day-related subjects UNH professors can provide expert commentary on.
Further, UNH is one of the nation’s greenest campuses: It’s ranked in the top five percent of research campuses for energy efficiency by the U.S. Department of Energy.
Here is a sampling of the university’s rich resources in environmental issues:
Climate Change
George Hurtt, assistant professor of natural resources and Institute for
the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space
603-862-4185
george.hurtt@unh.edu
http://www.unh.edu/natural-resources/fac-hurtt.html
Cameron Wake, research associate professor, Institute for the Study of
Earth, Oceans, and Space
603-862-2329
cameron.wake@cisunix.unh.edu
http://www.ccrc.sr.unh.edu/~cpw/
General Sustainability and UNH’s “Green” Efforts
Tom Kelly, director, UNH Office of Sustainability
603-862-2640
Biodiesel
Ihab Farag, professor of chemical engineering
603-862-2313
ihab.farag@unh.edu
http://www.chemengunh.com/ChemEngg/dispFaculty.aspx?action=display&fid=Farag10
UNH Biodiesel Group
http://www.unh.edu/p2/biodiesel/article_alge.html
Fisheries management
Andrew Rosenberg, professor of natural resources policy and management
603-862-2020
andy.rosenberg@unh.edu
http://www.unh.edu/natural-resources/fac-rosenberg.html
Marine ecology
James (Jeb) Byers, assistant professor of zoology
603-862-0006
jebyers@cisunix.unh.edu
http://zoology.unh.edu/faculty.html
Stephen Jones, research associate professor, director of the UNH Center for Marine Biology and assistant director for research of the NH Sea Grant College Program
603-862-5124
http://marine.unh.edu/facJones.htm
Ann Reid, director, Great Bay Coast Watch
603-749-1565
ann.reid@unh.edu
Ecology and environmental policy
Mimi Larsen Becker, associate professor of natural resources and environmental policy
603-862-3950
mlbecker@unh.edu
http://www.unh.edu/natural-resources/fac-becker.html
UNH Organic Dairy
Charles Schwab, professor of dairy science
603-862-1341
Email: cschwab@cisunix.unh.edu
Press release: UNH to Establish Organic Dairy Farm
http://www.unh.edu/news/news_releases/2005/december/bp_051205organic.html