05/18/2024

UVM Water Resource Institute Takes Aim at Global Crises

The University of Vermont’s Board of Trustees approved during its annual May meeting Friday and Saturday the creation of a new research engine to leverage decades of research excellence in water science, environmental engineering, and socio-ecological systems. The...

04/06/2022

UVM to Contribute in National Effort to Improve Water Management

The University of Vermont (UVM)—in collaboration with 28 universities and institutions—is poised to advance its status as a prominent institution in hydrological research. This new initiative was made possible through the tireless efforts of Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., with...

05/09/2024

Free Course Offered on Stormwater Education

Burlington--Stormwater education helps promote a greater awareness within a community about the importance of minimizing stormwater impacts as well as ways individuals can do their part. To help teachers and others who provide stormwater-focused educational programming to youths, the...

04/17/2024

UVM PhD Students Lead International Team in Carbon Flux Research

Amelia (Mia) McReynolds is a third-year PhD student in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont (UVM). As an ecologist studying fish population dynamics in the Great Lakes, McReynolds didn’t imagine research abroad would be a part of her graduate...

11/20/2023

How Will Climate Change Impact Snow Sports?

With ski resorts set to open across the U.S., skiers and snowboarders—and the entire winter sports industry—are turning their attention to the snow forecast. After a summer of extreme weather, University of Vermont experts shared their insights on how...

08/29/2023

UVM Launches Six Innovative Flood Research Projects

In a time of unprecedented rainfall and flooding throughout Vermont in July 2023, the University of Vermont’s (UVM) Office of Research in collaboration the Gund Institute for Environment issued a call for proposals for rapid...

08/22/2023

Searching for (Mysid) Shrimp in Lake Champlain

The sun was setting behind the Adirondacks on a clear summer evening and Lake Champlain was flat as a mirror. The only disturbance was the hum of a small motor propelling an aluminum boat. Rosie Chapina — a PhD student in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources — had her net...

02/21/2023

Some Blooms Like it Hot, Others Like it Cold

In recent years it has become increasingly common that on some of the hottest days of the summer, the freshwater lakes and ponds that we rely on to cool down are closed due to dangerous cyanobacterial blooms. Beyond this effect on recreation, blooms also have a significant, negative impact on...

01/19/2023

Gund Institute Names 2023 Catalyst Award Winners

The Gund Institute for Environment at the University of Vermont today announced $250,000 in Catalyst Awards for two new research projects tackling urgent U.S. water issues fueled by climate change.    These seed grants will launch new UVM research on U.S. water quality...

12/14/2022

Breck Bowden Leaves Leadership Legacy in Watershed Science and Planning

Professor William “Breck” Bowden served as the inaugural Robert F. and Genevieve B. Patrick Endowed Chair in Watershed Science and Planning in the University of Vermont (UVM) Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources for 20 years....

06/08/2022

New tool for conservation and restoration planning: floodplain maps for Vermont’s Lake Champlain basin

Land use planners and researchers in Vermont now have access to maps that show how floods of different sizes are expected to spread across surfaces within river valleys....