Environment and Sustainability

News about UB’s environmental programs and related sustainability initiatives. (see all topics)

Massive study provides detailed look at how Greenland’s ice is vanishing
12/15/14
The new research suggests that the Greenland Ice Sheet may lose ice more rapidly in the near future than previously thought.
UB expert breaks down the science behind possible flooding
11/23/14
UB expert Joseph Atkinson can discuss how flooding could affect Western New York as warmer weather settles over areas that received huge amounts of snowfall this week.
Food policy database to help communities strengthen food systems
10/20/14
Hosted by the UB School of Architecture and Planning, the database will assist local governments as they work to broaden access to healthy food.
In Buffalo, ‘Rust Belt radicals’ put food (policy) back on the table
10/15/14
A new UB study outlines seven factors that led one of America’s poorest cities to embrace farming, urban chickens and more.
Student’s six-foot water and solar-powered lens purifies polluted water
8/14/14
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Water may appear to be an abundant resource, but in some parts of the world clean water is hard to come by.
UB’s Aga will present keynote at international workshop on how antibiotics move through soil and water
8/6/14
Aga is a researcher in UB's new RENEW initiative, which focuses on energy, water and environment research.
UB study would examine effect of Tonawanda Coke emissions on residents, employees
7/21/14
University at Buffalo researchers are preparing to conduct a major study that analyzes how Tonawanda Coke plant emissions have affected the health of area residents and employees.
“Nanojuice” could improve how doctors examine the gut
7/6/14
"Nanojuice" and photoacoustic tomography could provide a noninvasive way to diagnose IBS, and celiac and Crohn's diseases.
Student researcher travels to Arctic to test the prediction that the ice-sheet melted later than 12,000 years ago
7/3/14
After one of the snowiest winters in recent history, William Philipps will forego the beach to spend the summer studying glaciers at the world’s northernmost university.
Algae blooms act as bodyguards for bacteria in Great Lakes
6/25/14
Beachgoers and anglers may despise algae, but bacteria such as E. coli and salmonella revel in it. That’s according to University at Buffalo researchers who have found that green algae in the Great Lakes not only protect bacteria from destruction by the sun’s ultraviolet rays, but feed the organisms as well.

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