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  • steve jones in boat with student
    - The Oyster Is Their World
    Steve 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
  • Alexandra Philip
    - A Wetland Awaited
    When 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
  • students at shoals marine lab preparing for dive
    - Over Their Heads In Algae at Shoals Marine Laboratory
    Amber Litterer ’16 and Kristen Mello ’14 have been in over their heads all summer. That’s because they spend a portion of each day under water as diving interns at the Shoals... Read More
  • erika moretti with hand in marine tank
    - How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Studying Crustaceans in Great Bay
    Last summer, Erika Moretti ’15 was on a lobster boat on Great Bay helping a UNH researcher pull lobster traps for an annual survey when they found a blue crab in one of the pots.... Read More
  • student studying carpenter bees
    - A Bee on the Brink
    What’s going on inside your rose stems might surprise you. Open one up and you might find an insect, or two or three, in various stages of growth, nestled within the walls. The... Read More
  • Winnacunnet High students Jenna Roy and Olivia Bessemer
    - Teens Connect With... Mutant Bacteria?!
    Winnacunnet High students Jenna Roy, left, and Olivia Bessemer, right, examine bacteria they have grown for signs that the cells have mutated and evolved.Ìý The biology labs at... Read More
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    If you build it, will they come? The Â鶹app's Sandra Rehan shows us her "bee hotel" and explains its role in attracting native pollinators. The research is...
  • Are Toxins Escaping our Lakes?
    - 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
  • emerald ash borer larvae
    - Extension Enlists Allies to Battle Ash Tree Pest
    Emerald ash borer larvae eat away new wood that supports tree growth. The shiny green, half-inch-long bugs on display one recent evening at Canterbury Shaker Village don’t sting... Read More
  • UNH associate professor Tom Safford
    - News Briefs
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