Arctic
5 Ways Wildcats Are Staying Cool This Summer
Summer of ’24 has already broken heat records here in New England, but some in our UNH community are staying cool. Here are five ways our ’Cats are beating the dog days of summer. Cruising on an icebreaker. Three researchers from UNH’s world-renowned Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping — director... Read More
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10/16/23Department of Energy Honor to Ph.D. Student Sean Schaefer Will Advance Arctic Research
Ph.D. student Sean Schaefer and his advisor, associate professor Jessica Ernakovich, have both received grants to use Department of Energy facilities... -
02/06/23Frosty Field Work
Wearing their warmest winter garb, graduate students from UNH and the University of Maine, along with three UNH faculty members, braved the extreme... -
11/28/22Research Snapshot: Northern Lights
On a recent night above the Arctic circle in Norway, two rockets carrying equipment designed and built by UNH students and researchers streaked... -
09/22/22Warming Waters
A UNH postdoctoral researcher is studying impacts of climate change on methane-producing bacteria in Arctic lakes.
Recent Stories
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04/20/16 - All Eyes on the ArcticEach summer, a handful of UNH researchers pass up New England’s hard-won summer and head to the remote glaciers, peatlands and oceans on top of the world. There, they’re exploring... Read More -
09/08/15 - Ruth Varner Honored by American Geophysical Union for Student MentoringRuth Varner has been awarded the American Geophysical Union’s 2015 Sulzman Award for Excellence in Education and Mentoring. Varner ‘93G ‘00G is associate professor of... Read More -
03/31/15 - UNH Geologist Identifies New Source of Methane for Gas Hydrates in ArcticResearch led by a UNH professor has identified a new source of methane for gas hydrates — ice-like substances found in sediment that trap methane within the crystal structure of... Read More -
08/05/14 - Glacial RaceCourtesy Photo It only sounds like a joke: When the world’s fastest-moving glacier sped up in the summer of 2012 – suddenly surging from Greenland’s west coast at four times its... Read More -
02/03/14 - Beyond BordersGeoffrey "Jeff" Clark, M.D., '11G signed up for a UNH philosophy class just for fun toward the end of his career as a gastroenterologist. He had no idea it would lead to a master'... Read More -
10/04/12 - An Arctic SummerWorking 200 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle, two student researchers learn valuable lessons about the study of climate change—and the world of science itself. Read More -
09/20/12 - Notes from the Top of the WorldNotes from on top of the world: A team of UNH researchers leads an expedition to map the Arctic Ocean seafloor aboard the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy. A team of researchers... Read More -
08/30/12 - UNH Researcher Aids in Discovery of Shipwrecked Antarctic Explorer Terra NovaA University of New Hampshire researcher contracted to test sonar systems on a research ship helped discover the wreck of the ship that took Robert Falcon Scott to the Antarctic. 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 -
03/08/12 - Final FrontierLarry Mayer and his team of ocean-mapping researchers are unlocking the mysteries hidden by the world's oceans. Read More