Natural Resources & the Environment

09/03/2026

https://today.uconn.edu/2026/09/permafrost-melt-could-cost-261-billion-in-infrastructure-damages/

This new approach provides a more accurate indication of the cost to rebuild structures

08/24/2026

https://today.uconn.edu/2026/08/can-satellites-detect-when-forests-lose-resilience/

Click thru for coverage of new research out from Kexin Song (PhD '26) and Zhe Zhu published in Nature Ecology and Evolution:

This study provides clearer guidelines for understanding how well forests resist and recover from stressors like drought, fire, or human disturbances

08/14/2026

One of UConn's many Whitetailed Deer spotted on a magnificent summer afternoon: perhaps enjoying the end of the calm before the storm of students return...

08/13/2026

Check out what NRE alum Laura Kelly (MS 2025) is up to with the CT Trail Census project. A pioneering project that documents trail use across Connecticut.

A leading-edge program gains insights into use on some of CT’s most impressive assets

07/29/2026

Congrats to Dr. Wei Ren and team on their phase 1 DOE Genesis Mission grant. Click through for details:

Natural Resources and Environment associate professor Wei Ren leads a project seeking to reveal underground movement of water and chemicals

06/29/2026

Aura farming NRE-style at NRCA '26 field experience

06/25/2026

https://youtu.be/hSR9I-lUDzc?si=kqGfE2LnQ7cG_cfs
Learn more about Charlotte Brennan's (current NRE MS student) Frosted Elfin butterfly conservation work by watching the video below and clicking through to the UConn Today coverage: https://today.uconn.edu/2026/06/deep-and-uconn-researchers-working-to-help-rare-butterfly-recover-on-campus/?utm_source=faculty-staff-daily-digest&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily

A small, rare butterfly known as frosted elfin is in consideration ...

06/12/2026

Congrats to Zhe Zhu and collaborators on their new research, just published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences!

Click through to learn more:

A new framework developed by researchers at UConn and Yale uses high-frequency satellite data to track the vital signs of global cities in near real-time, f ...

05/20/2026

Get out and hike! and use CT Trail Finder...click through for the deets:

A comprehensive resource for exploring Connecticut’s plentiful trails

05/19/2026

Check out the UConn Today coverage of former post-doc Xiucheng Yang and Zhe Zhu new published research on extreme weather events and tidal wetland losses:

This paper marks the very first time scientists have successfully linked tidal wetland loss to specific storm events