Environment & Nature

UA Building Innovative Radars to Help Flood, Drought Management

UA Building Innovative Radars to Help Flood, Drought Management

Researchers at The University of Alabama will lead a project to develop and deploy radars that obtain information about snow and soil moisture to help manage the nation’s water resources.

Disease Afflicting Frogs Becoming Deadlier

Disease Afflicting Frogs Becoming Deadlier

A disease-inducing fungus in amphibians worldwide could become deadlier as different genetic variations emerge, according to research led by The University of Alabama.

Two UA Engineering Projects Selected for EPA Program

Two UA Engineering Projects Selected for EPA Program

Two student-led research teams from The University of Alabama are part of a federal program to develop sustainable technologies to solve current environmental and public health challenges.

A woman in an Alabama polo shirt poses at a lab desk with containers.

UA Researcher Helps to Understand Possible Antarctic Glacier Collapse

Dr. Rebecca Totten Minzoni, an assistant professor of geological sciences, has a role to play as a marine geologist and paleontologist in the roughly $25 million research collaboration. She will use her expertise in finding clues to the past behavior of Thwaites Glacier through what is left behind in the offshore sediment to inform models for how the glacier could behave in the future.

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New UA Center to Focus on Water Science and Engineering

A new research center at The University of Alabama aims to improve accuracy of data and reduce uncertainty for water management and emergency preparedness.

Research Models How Deadly Virus Moves Among Pacific Salmon, Trout

Research Models How Deadly Virus Moves Among Pacific Salmon, Trout

For the first time researchers studying a deadly virus modeled how it spreads to young trout and salmon in the waters of the Columbia River Basin, showing that migrating adult fish are the main source of exposure.

UA’s Urban Forest Earns ‘Tree Campus USA’ Times Three

UA’s Urban Forest Earns ‘Tree Campus USA’ Times Three

For the third year in a row, the Arbor Day Foundation has recognized UA’s sprawling forest as a “Tree Campus USA.”

More Than Climate, Engineering Worsening Flooding Along Mississippi

More Than Climate, Engineering Worsening Flooding Along Mississippi

Through discovering ancient floods along the Mississippi River, a group of scientists, including a University of Alabama professor, found human-led engineering, not climate, is the largest influence on worsening floods.

Event Spotlights Student Research, Creativity

Event Spotlights Student Research, Creativity

UA Students Highlight Research, Creativity during Annual Conference

UA Students Highlight Research, Creativity during Annual Conference

More than 450 undergraduate students at The University of Alabama are highlighting their research and creative projects during the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference March 28-30.