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Aug 20, 2012
Environmental Scientist Barrett N. Rock Retires - Sort Of
Earth Systems Research Center botanist Barry Rock officially retired in late May after 40 years of teaching and research, including 25 at UNH. However, he will still serve as director of Forest Watch, which he founded 21 years ago. Forest Watch is a unique program that engages primary and secondary school students in the hands-on collection and processing of field data relating to air... Read more
Jul 16, 2012
RESEARCH PROFILE: James Ryan – Using Space Technology to Detect Radiation Threats on Earth
Dr. James Ryan and his team in UNH's Space Science Center (SSC) are using his research into neutrons and gamma rays from space to construct the Portable Neutron Spectroscope (NSPECT), a device that will allow authorities to pinpoint from a safe distance materials used to make a nuclear bomb. Read more
May 14, 2012
Citizen Scientists Help with Winter Landscape Study Investigating Reforestation and Climate Change in NH
Citizen scientists are helping doctoral student Elizabeth Burakowski and her adviser Cameron Wake (of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space) collect data for the first study ever to measure the albedo of the New Hampshire landscape in winter. Changes in albedo (the amount of solar radiation reflected from the Earth's surface) due to reforestation of previously-cleared... Read more
Mar 22, 2012
Cosmic Rays Alter Chemistry of Lunar Ice
Space scientists from UNH, working as part of a multi-institutional team, have quantified levels of radiation on the moon’s surface from galactic cosmic ray (GCR) bombardment that over time causes chemical changes in water ice and can create complex carbon chains similar to those that help form the foundations of biological structures. In addition, the radiation process causes the lunar... Read more- Next Posts
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Oct 03, 2012
Space Scientists Explain Physical Mechanisms of Sun Explosions
In a paper just published in Nature Physics, an international team of space scientists, including researcher Noé Lugaz in the Space Science Center of the UNH Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, explains the mysterious physical mechanisms underlying the origin of sun’s powerful coronal mass ejections (CMEs). Read morePosted in: Engineering & Physical Sciences, Space Science, Research Development & Communications, Research Spotlight
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