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CASA 2.0

Next-generation radar system is ready for prime time

When tornadoes, land falling hurricanes, and other hazards strike, National Weather Service forecasters, storm spotters, and emergency managers now have a better tool to predict,... Read

Modeling Climate Science

Forecasting future climates for the Northeast Region

Since Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar appointed UMass Amherst host to the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Northeast Climate Science Center (NECSC), local ecologists,... Read

Hodgkin’s Cove

New marine science station a ‘synergy of state resources’

With a newly renovated space at Hodgkin’s Cove in Gloucester, UMass Amherst researchers are working alongside Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) staff to dive into marine... Read

Amazon Rainforest

Microbiologists document the relationship between soil microbe biodiversity and ecosystem conversion

An international team of microbiologists led by Klaus Nüsslein of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has found that a troubling net loss in diversity among the microbial... Read

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Announcements

UMass Amherst, Maine Bluefin Tuna Experts Dispute Pew Assessment of Fish Populations

UMass Amherst Climate Scientist Raymond Bradley Receives Honorary Doctor of Science from Ontario’s Queens College

CASA Researchers Talk Tornados, Storm Detection and Prediction with National and Local Media:

NPR's Marketplace, NEPR, and WGGB.

Featured Video

Resource Economist Sylvia Brant Reveals the High Costs of Asthma

In Pictures

Colorful lizard from the Dominican Republic perched on a branch
Framework: Understanding the Drivers of Evolutionary Change

The image above shows a colorful lizard (Anolis bahorucoensis) from the Dominican Republic. This lizard species is part of a...