Earth Systems Research Center
Frozen Commons
UNH researchers have received a $488,983 grant from NSF to study shared Arctic landscapes and improve their resilience. Read MoreAlso in UNH Today...
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07/14/21Tracking the Stream of Plastic
UNH researchers have received a grant to study how much plastic stays within rivers instead of washing out to sea. -
07/01/21UNH Researchers Receive $1.2M Grant to Study Seasonal Soil Freeze and Thaw
The frost heaves that turn New England roads and their drivers into a bumpy, grumpy mess are one of many consequences of the seasonal soil freeze and... -
05/12/21International Fellow
UNH research scientist Erik Hobbie has been awarded two fellowships to continue his stable isotope research abroad in China and Austria. -
04/26/21Seeing the Infrared
UNH researchers received a $200,000 NASA grant to improve satellite-based estimates of forest growth rates.
Recent Stories
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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 -
01/29/15 - A River Runs Through It: Ph.D. Candidate Studies the Hydrologic-Human CycleUNH Ph.D. candidate Danielle Grogan's scientific career was cemented by her undergraduate research experience at Smith College, where she majored in mathematics and minored in... Read More -
01/23/15 - Carbon Bomb with a Long Fuse: Ph.D. Student Makes Key Finding in the Climate Change PuzzleClaire Treat funded the bulk of her Ph.D. work by winning a graduate fellowship from the Department of Energy Office of Science for her proposal titled "Future of soil carbon in... Read More -
05/08/14 - Touchdown in the OzoneOne-hundred-foot-tall white pine by the Soucook River in Loudon, NH. Photo courtesy of Phil Browne. Until this past February, Barry Rock had no idea that over twenty years of... Read More -
11/21/13 - Back to the FutureThis image shows a future view of the world in equilibrium at 2,000 parts per million of atmospheric carbon dioxide (current level is 393 ppm). Sea level is higher by some 260... Read More -
08/08/13 - Seven Hundred Feet Down, a Thousand Years BackUNH, Dartmouth College, UMaine ice core drill site on the Mt. Hunter plateau in Denali National Park, Alaska. The drill site is in the middle of the photograph, just left of the... Read More -
01/24/13 - Linking Water with the LandscapeEcohydrologist Heidi Asbjornsen adds a vital new dimension to Earth Systems Research Center work and brings experience to UNH’s nascent agro-ecosystems research. Read More -
03/29/12 - Undergraduate Research: It's a GasJacqueline Amante's research during her junior and senior years helped lay the groundwork for a novel approach to measuring bubbles of methane in remote regions. Read More