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Jan 01, 2013
Legal Study Supports Adoption of New Floodplain Maps by NH Coastal Communities
A new report by faculty and students at the Vermont Law School in collaboration with UNH faculty and staff indicates that towns in the Lamprey River watershed can legally use recently updated 100-year floodplain maps to make land-use decisions.The maps, created by a UNH-led team of researchers and funded by the NOAA/UNH Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology (... Read more
Nov 29, 2012
UNH Recognizes Achievements of Nancy Kinner by Naming Her University Professor
Nancy Kinner, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been honored for outstanding contributions to her field and to the university community with a University Professorship. University Professorships are awarded to full professors who have demonstrated the highest levels of excellence in teaching, scholarship (including the creative arts), and service during an extended period of... Read more
Nov 26, 2012
PREP Will Host "Coming Together for Clean Water Solutions" Conference Friday Dec. 7, 2012
The Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership (PREP), a joint program of local, state and federal agencies housed in UNH’s marine program, will host its “State of Our Estuaries” conference Friday Dec. 7, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Portsmouth Harbor Events and Conference Center. Read more
Nov 14, 2012
UNH Historian Chronicles the Millennium-long Story of Our Impact on the Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic has long-shaped the lives of people who depended upon it for survival. And just as surely, people have shaped the Atlantic. “The Mortal Sea: Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail” is an innovative account of this interdependency written by W. Jeffrey Bolster, an associate professor of history at UNH and professional seafarer. Read more- Next Posts
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Jan 01, 2013
RESEARCH PROFILE: Serita Frey: In the Environment, Little Things Count
“If it weren’t for the activities of soil organisms, we’d be buried in organic (once living) matter,” says Serita Frey, UNH professor of soil microbial biology. Learn more about Frey's work to understand the role of fungi and other soil microorganisms in northern forest ecosystems in the Research Profile: Serita Frey: In the Environment, Little Things Count. Read morePosted in: Agriculture & Biosciences, Sustainability & the Environment, Research Development & Communications, Research Spotlight
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