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Red round invasive seaweed sits amid other green native seaweed species on the bottom of the ocean.

In The Weeds

Invasive seaweeds that have found a foothold in the Gulf of Maine could change the way predators and prey interact. Read More

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Larry Mayer sits on dock near research vessel.

A World-Class Honor

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has elected Larry Mayer as a foreign member. Read More
Giant glacier

New Study from Ryan Cassotto '18G Explains Quirky Glacial Behavior (CIRES)

Research conducted while Cassotto studied at UNH published in Journal of Glaciology. Read More
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Climate Change Woes

UNH professor Jennifer Jacobs was a lead author on the landmark Fourth National Climate Assessment released recently by 13 government agencies. Read More
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UNH Scientists Capture Space Energy Explosion

The journal Science has published results from the MMS satellite mission. Read More

Recent Stories

  • Colorful image of Van Allen radiation belts around Earth
    10/05/16 - Van Allen Discovery
    UNH researchers have captured unique measurements of the Van Allen radiation belts that circle the Earth during an extremely rare solar wind event. The findings, which have never... Read More
  • Researcher Scott Ollinger on a research tower
    09/27/16 - Seeing the Data for the Trees
    Michael Palace, associate professor of Earth and geospatial science, will use his extensive experience with drones on the project.Forests play a major role in regulating the Earth... Read More
  • dry stream bed with scientific sensor in the middle
    09/07/16 - Parched
    Some researchers at UNH have found the record drought has changed the way they can conduct research. Read More
  • UNH professor of physics Mark McConnell
    09/02/16 - McConnell Is New SwRI-EOS Director
    Professor of physics Mark McConnell is the new director of the collaborative Southwest Research Institute Earth, Oceans and Space department at UNH. Read More
  • UNH instrument used on NASA MMS satellite
    08/30/16 - Magnetic Mysteries, Decoded
    A NASA rocket carrying instruments developed by scientists, engineers and students from UNH’s Space Science Center (SSC) has obtained the first-ever data of an elusive phenomenon... Read More
  • A vaquita, the world's smallest and rarest porpoise
    08/11/16 - Prof with a Porpoise
    Chris Glass wouldn’t blame you if you’ve never heard of the vaquita. The small porpoise is so secretive that it wasn’t discovered as a species until 1958. Read More
  • UNH professor Will Clyde
    08/09/16 - Rocks of Ages
    We know the surface of Earth looked vastly different 2.5 billion years ago — but just how different, and just how events that happened millions of years in the past can give us... Read More
  • UNH Space Science Director Lynn Kistler
    08/01/16 - Union Fellow
    UNH physics professor Lynn Kistler has been named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, the largest single organization dedicated to the advancement of geophysics. Read More
  • Two maps of Michigan show likely locations of monuments
    07/19/16 - Michigan's Mystery Monuments
    Merging an innovative modeling technique with old-fashioned sleuthing, researchers from the University of New Hampshire have shed new light on the mystery of pre-European... Read More
  • Harlan Spence, physics professor and director of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space
    07/14/16 - Space Man Spence
    Harlan Spence, director of UNH’s Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, has been appointed to the Space Studies Board of the National Academy of Sciences.  Read More