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UNH Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space - UNH EOS From the seafloor to the stars, discover the world-class research happening at UNH's EOS. 🌎 🌊 🚀

FROM DEEP SPACE TO THE OCEAN FLOOR
The interdisciplinary Earth, ocean, and space science research at the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS) places it in the forefront of academic centers offering opportunities for students to work alongside distinguished faculty in high-level research projects.

What's better than sports, space, and STEM?? Yesterday University of New Hampshire Center research scientist Andrew Jo...
06/05/2026

What's better than sports, space, and STEM?? Yesterday University of New Hampshire Center research scientist Andrew Jordan had an outreach table at the New Hampshire Fisher Cats "STEM in the Stadium" at the Northeast Delta Dental Stadium in Manchester, NH. ⚙️⚾️🎇

The students in attendance enjoyed the various displays and demos, and Andrew's table had constant traffic from an hour before the game through the 7th inning stretch!

On display were the cosmic ray cloud chamber, which shows cosmic ray tracks (the most popular part of the table); a model of NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), which is celebrating its 17th anniversary on June 18th; a model of CRaTER; and a Moon globe made from LRO imagery. The cloud chamber lets visitors see trails formed by the same space radiation that CRaTER is measuring in orbit around the Moon.

Learn mor about the CRaTER mission ➡ https://crater.unh.edu

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University of New Hampshire Drs. Meghan Howey and Michael Palace were recently interviewed by geologist and video creato...
06/02/2026

University of New Hampshire Drs. Meghan Howey and Michael Palace were recently interviewed by geologist and video creator David Pompeani about their new study published in PNAS, “Satellite Thermal Data Applied to Landscape : Mounds in Michigan, 1200 to 1600 CE.” 🗺️🏺🛰️

Using Landsat thermal data, Google Earth Engine, and historical records, their research shows that Native American in Michigan were not placed randomly. Instead, they were often associated with inland lakes that warmed later in spring and cooled later in fall, potentially creating subtle microclimates that supported food resources, maize horticulture, ceremony, memory, and monument building.

Watch the full video ➡ www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZXRcnEZ9VY

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What causes lightning?⚡️ Armed with a slew of new instruments, physicists like University of New Hampshire research prof...
05/28/2026

What causes lightning?⚡️ Armed with a slew of new instruments, physicists like University of New Hampshire research professor Joseph Dwyer are closing in on one of nature’s oldest mysteries — and finding that storm clouds are seething with violent and unexpected phenomena.

Many of the refugees like Dwyer have devised new ways to pierce the clouds. They’ve seen shooting out X-rays as it zigs and zags, spotted flickering glows of gamma rays coming from thunderclouds, and, very recently, detected hints of bolts traveling in unexpected directions.

By themselves, these extreme subatomic affairs didn’t seem to be abundant enough to account for the brilliant gamma rays lighting up storm clouds. But then Dwyer imagined a baroque process that could allow one avalanche to set off another, and another, and another, all right on top of each other, causing a chain reaction of violent events.

“It’s like taking a microphone and sticking it next to a speaker,” said Dwyer, “It can get really loud quick.”

Read the full story in Quanta Magazine ➡️ www.quantamagazine.org/what-causes-lightning-the-answer-keeps-getting-more-interesting-20260506

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: It's a busy time of year, but we wanted to take a moment to recap our incredible EOS 4️⃣0️⃣+ Anniversary Celebration ...
05/22/2026

: It's a busy time of year, but we wanted to take a moment to recap our incredible EOS 4️⃣0️⃣+ Anniversary Celebration on May 9 at the University of New Hampshire. 🎉

The effusive feedback received by our EOS director, Ruth Varner, indicated a wonderful time had by all! Our guests enjoyed various tours and demos in our Morse and Chase labs, sampled smoked trout from our AquaFort, then gathered at the Victory Club to celebrate our decades of research excellence together.

Ruth wanted to extend a special thanks to those who prepared a research display at the Open House, to the speakers at the reception, to those who planned, prepared, and delivered this wonderful event, and to all former and current research faculty, staff, students, and alumni who made time in their busy schedules to join us, share memories, and celebrate their time at the Institute. THANK YOU ALL for making this such a fabulous celebration - we hope to do it again!

Photo credit: Brian Yurasits

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🎉 Congrats to our partners at Strawbery Banke Museum for being honored at the annual New Hampshire Preservation Alliance...
05/21/2026

🎉 Congrats to our partners at Strawbery Banke Museum for being honored at the annual New Hampshire Preservation Alliance’s awards on May 12 for its initiative.

Through a partnership with the University of New Hampshire Geospatial Science Center, we have tracked sea level data since 2012 with sensors along the Piscataqua River.

Located in the historic Puddle Dock neighborhood in , the museum preserves a remarkable collection of 17th- through 19th-century buildings, several of which are increasingly vulnerable to flooding, storm surge, groundwater upwelling, and saltwater intrusion.

Through research, collaboration, and innovation, Strawbery Banke Museum is helping lead the way in protecting historic resources in a changing climate.

Read the full story ➡ https://www.nhpreservation.org/blog/preservation-achievement-award-winners-2026?blm_aid=172812

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: The University of New Hampshire Center for Research and Education (CARE) hosted the annual 2026 Northeast Regional ...
05/19/2026

: The University of New Hampshire Center for Research and Education (CARE) hosted the annual 2026 Northeast Regional Acoustics Symposium and Career Workshop recently, April 23-24.

We welcomed over 75 students and professionals spanning academia, industry, and state and federal agencies from across the Northeast. The event, which highlighted the interdisciplinary research in and applications of acoustics, included keynote presentations, oral and poster research presentations, and resume workshops.

Learn more ➡ https://eos.unh.edu/center-acoustics-research-education/outreach-events/northeast-regional-acoustics-symposium

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🎉 Congrats to Dr. Ruth Varner, who University of New Hampshire has just appointed as director of EOS effective immediate...
05/15/2026

🎉 Congrats to Dr. Ruth Varner, who University of New Hampshire has just appointed as director of EOS effective immediately. Varner, who has served as interim director since February 2025, will serve a three-year term through June 30, 2029.

One of UNH’s largest and most impactful research institutes, EOS brings together faculty, researchers, staff and students across disciplines to advance research focused on Earth, ocean, and space systems. The institute, which celebrates its 4️⃣0️⃣th anniversary this month, includes six research centers and plays a major role in supporting ’s status as an R1 research university through externally funded research, graduate education and interdisciplinary collaboration.

A professor of biogeochemistry in the Department of Earth Sciences and the Earth Systems Research Center, Varner has been part of EOS for more than three decades. Her research focuses on trace gas emissions from terrestrial, aquatic and human-managed ecosystems, including long-term studies of emissions from wetlands and Arctic peatlands. She collaborates with microbial ecologists, remote sensing specialists and modelers to better understand environmental processes from regional to global scales.

Read the full UNH Today story ➡ https://www.unh.edu/news/2026/06/varner-named-director-unhs-institute-study-earth-oceans-space

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05/13/2026

Ocean Discovery Day provides visitors with an opportunity to explore the wonders of the ocean through interactive exhibits and demonstrations. Visitors can make a fish print, band a lobster, touch a horseshoe crab and see the plankton that form the b

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