Environment
E&E News: Dems' spending bill taps small banks for climate justice
As climate change concerns begin to rise, legislators in Washington have began to shift the focus of resources toward implementing clean energy, especially in overlooked communities. E&E News recently reported on the roll of community development financial institutions (CDFIs) in this... Read More
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10/15/20InDepthNH.org: Well Owners, Help May Be on The Way
Bob Charest of InDepthNH.org recently highlighted a talk co-hosted by the Carsey School of Public Policy and held with Tom O'Donovan, Director of the... -
02/18/20Winter-Warming Awareness
Research published by Carsey School authors and researchers Elizabeth Burakowski and Lawrence Hamilton shows that more than half of New Hampshire... -
12/16/15No Chestnuts To Roast on an Open Fire
New Englanders searching the woods for chestnuts to roast on an open fire this holiday season will be hard pressed to find a mature American chestnut... -
12/08/15The Policy People
Michael Ettlinger was a newbie in the tax policy world when his boss turned to him one day and said: “Go do CNN for me.” Those were daunting words...
Recent Stories
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02/27/15 - UNH Researcher Will Discuss Climate and Land Use at Organic Farmers ConferenceJohn Aber, professor of natural resources at the University of New Hampshire and researcher with the N.H. Agricultural Experiment Station, will discuss future climate and land use... Read More -
02/19/15 - Kelp Is On the Way: UNH Researchers Promote "Kale of the Sea"Seaweed has been on the menu for thousands of years, beloved particularly in Asia for packing a nutritional punch with the complex flavor of umami. Now, UNH researchers are hoping... Read More -
02/19/15 - Have Funding, Will Travel: Ph.D. Student and Fulbright Fellow Trots the Globe in Pursuit of a Scientific CareerBelmont, Mass. native Sophie Burke’s decision to come to UNH in September 2009 was pretty much a no-brainer. “I started my search looking for a small liberal arts college where I... Read More -
02/05/15 - Pinpointing a Pint-Sized Pest From On HighUNH graduate student Justin Williams inspects a hemlock branch. (Photo: Kristi Donahue, UNH/EOS) The hemlock woolly adelgid is the single greatest threat to hemlock health and... Read More -
11/18/14 - In Memoriam—Karen Colclough '99On a mission to Nicaragua with her church and an organization that provides land for housing and cash-crop gardens to impoverished residents of Central America and Mexico... Read More -
10/30/14 - Crystal Clear VolunteersIt’s a good bet that the kids romping around Ellacoya State Park, the owner of a $49 million lakeside estate and even The Tonight Show’s Jimmy Fallon share something in common... Read More -
10/22/14 - Green and WhiteThe rate of winter warming has tripled in the U.S. since 1970. The northern hemisphere has lost one million square miles of spring snowpack in the last 50 years. As many as half... Read More -
08/27/14 - The Oyster Is Their WorldSteve Jones, research associate professor of natural resources and the environment and a water quality specialist, samples Great Bay with Ph.D. student Meg Hartwick. Consider the... Read More -
08/27/14 - A Wetland AwaitedWhen Alexandra Philip ’15 emerged from the plane after the 14-hour flight from Boston to Auckland, any apprehension she had about arriving in a foreign place where she knew no one... Read More -
07/10/14 - Are Toxins Escaping our Lakes?Lake closures in the hot summer months are often caused by cyanobacteria blooms, also know as harmful algae blooms, which release toxins that may be linked to such diseases as ALS... Read More