Natural Resources and the Environment
Forest Impacts
What impact do nonnative pests and diseases have on the vegetation of the Northern Forest? How will climate change impact the range of the northern red oak, especially within the Northern Forest? Read MoreAlso in UNH Today...
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05/18/22A Lifetime Achievement
Professor of Natural Resources and the Environment Russell Congalton has spent close to half a century researching and teaching geographic... -
04/25/22Microbial Ecologist Honored with CAREER Award
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently recognized Jessica Ernakovich, assistant professor of natural resources and the environment, with a... -
03/02/22In the Face of a Storm: Bend or Resist?
Bill McDowell, professor of environmental science.In a new study of the ecological impacts of tropical cyclones, an international research team... -
01/13/22Pine Pests
UNH researchers Jeff Garnas, associate professor of forest ecosystem health, and Ph.D. student Caroline Kanaskie discovered the damaging southern...
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