Sustainability

A cyanobacterial bloom on the surface of a lake

Researching Healthy Lakes

UNH researchers will examine how lake water quality in the Northeast’s temperate forests changed over the past three decades. Read More

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Graduate student Allison Leach in front of a research poster

Grad Honors

A UNH doctoral student has received AASHE's Campus Sustainability Research Award. Read More
Hydroponic lettuce at UNH Thompson School greenhouse

Veggie Tale

It’s an age-old challenge: How do you get children to eat more vegetables? Doris Demers '16, the child nutrition director for the Oyster River... Read More
Overhead view of forest in snow, with square patches of bare ground

Warming Soils, Warming Earth

In Science paper, UNH researchers describe a new feedback loop that could accelerate global warming. Read More
UNH students walking in front of Thompson Hall

Super STARS

UNH has earned the highest possible sustainability rating. Read More

Recent Stories

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    09/26/17 - The Matchmaker
    J. Brent Loy puts the cucurbits on your table. Read More
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    09/20/17 - Woodland Woes
    New England has been losing forestland to development at a rate of 65 acres per day, according to report co-authored by John Aber. Read More
  • Two UNH researchers at the Shoals Marine Laboratory
    09/13/17 - What Taking Care of Terns Tells Us
    Each summer, on a small island just off New Hampshire's coast, researchers from the Shoals Marine Laboratory work to save and protect threatened and endangered seabirds called... Read More
  • Ecoline at UNH
    09/06/17 - Getting Cooler
    Sierra Club, Princeton Review recognize UNH's commitment to sustainability. Read More
  • Quinoa field trials at UNH
    08/30/17 - Crazy for Quinoa?
    UNH researchers are exploring whether a high-value crop could be grown successfully in northern New England. Read More
  • UNH student tracking moose in New Hampshire's northern woods
    08/30/17 - Tracking a Troubled Icon
    The iconic moose is in decline. Here's what UNH researchers are doing about it.  Read More
  • abstract sustainability illustration of leaves, eyes, bugs and part of an institution
    08/29/17 - Blue and White and Green All Over
    Take a walk through campus and it’s easy to get lost in UNH’s natural beauty. Tree-lined sidewalks border burbling streams and wander over gently rolling hills and past jutting... Read More
  • an illustration of corn plants growing out of the earth and a plate of food
    08/29/17 - Farm to Future
    When Sarah Jacobson ’07, ’12G returned to UNH in 2009 for a graduate degree in nutrition, she knew she also wanted a more holistic view of food. “The ecogastronomy program really... Read More
  • illustration of trees, people, a rainbow, buildings, rain, clouds, and technology on top of a globe with eyes
    08/29/17 - New Angles on Old Problems
    Tom Haines was in his basement, waiting for a technician to finish hooking up a natural gas line. “The technician is telling me, ‘Oh, natural gas is great, it’s so fuel efficient... Read More
  • illustration of buildings against a green circular background
    08/29/17 - A Carbon-Neutral Future
    Ask Cameron Wake to describe UNH’s response to reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE) and one word comes to mind: aggressive. WildCAP, the university’s climate action plan, is “... Read More