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PDF of
Dr. John Spengler's Powerpont slides from his May 7th
presentation, Leadership in Sustainability: The Role
of Universities.
April 8, 2010
The 7th Annual Water Resources Research
Center Conference at the University of
Massachusetts Amherst will address the needs for water monitoring,
assessment, and management of water resources in New England
in the face of variability due to changes in climate, land use,
population, and other environmental stressors.
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International Conference
on Green Remediation: Environment ~ Energy ~ Economics will be held June
15-17, 2010 in Amherst, Massachusetts. The conference will address the
full range of environmental, energy and economic aspects of
green and sustainable remediation, taking into account the
energy requirements of treatment systems, air emissions, water
use requirements and impacts on water resources, land and ecosystem
use and impacts, energy use and renewables, material consumption,
reuse, and waste generation.
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June 9 - 11, 2009
 International
Conference on the Environmental
Implications and Applications of Nanotechnology
Thanks to all who attended. Post
conference materials will be posted in the next few weeks.
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Connecticut River Water Quality Monitoring
Project
Before going out for a paddle or swim, recreational users
of the Connecticut River will soon be able to check the internet
for up-to-date water quality information on three segments
of the river: between Turners Fall and Greenfield and between
Chicopee and Holyoke in Massachusetts; and between White River
Junction, Vermont and Cornish, New Hampshire. The availability
of this information is the result of a new water quality monitoring
project conducted by The University of Massachusetts Water
Resources Research Center in partnership with the Pioneer Valley
Planning Commission, Franklin Regional Council of Governments,
and the Connecticut River Joint Commissions. The water quality
monitoring project is one of ten Connecticut River projects
funded under a $953,000 Targeted Watershed Initiative grant
from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, matched by $458,000
in local funding commitments.
News Coverage:
WWLP
Channel 22
WFCR
FM
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Environmental Research 2008
A collection of selected stories from 2007 - 2008. If
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Focus on Faculty Research
High Octane Computing: Designing Next Gen Energy Technologies
Stephanie McPherson for TEI
 Scott Auerbach, Professor of Chemistry, uses computers to search for “green” alternatives to the use of petroleum and coal, the largest contributors to the carbon emissions causing the human component of global warming. “I think we’ve now learned that energy and environment are inseparable, because when you use energy, you impact the environment in some way,” says Auerbach, who is also an Adjunct Professor in Chemical Engineering. Much of Auerbach’s work has focused on alternative fuels and fuel cells. (More)
Watershed Science and Management
Ted Rogers for TEI
 Timothy
Randhir, Associate Professor in the Department
of Natural Resources Conservation, works with the
most important molecule known to earth- H2O. From the amoeba
to ourselves, everything needs water, and watersheds are
the source of it. Watersheds, as Randhir will tell you, are
not only bodies of water, but also “any mass of land
that drains into the point itself.” The sheer scope
of watersheds has contributed to Randhir’s wide-ranging
research interests, which include watershed science, climate
change impacts, ecological economics, and water quality and
policies.(More)
Effects of Environmental Pollutants on Gene
Expression
Stephanie McPherson for TEI
 While
at first glance breast milk and fish may seem to have little
in common, Associate Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
Kathleen Arcaro sees a relationship in these seemingly disparate
areas of study. For the past six years, Arcaro and her team
have been studying the effects of environmental pollutants
on gene expression in fish and the health of cells present
in human breast milk. “Fish serve
as sentinels for water quality, while the breast milk and cells
present in the milk provide biomarkers of human exposure and
effect. In both cases we’re particularly interested in
those pollutants that have hormonal activity,” Arcaro
says. (More)
Fish Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
Ted Rogers for TEI
 The
ocean is a living organism. It warms, it cools. Fish stocks
can migrate and sometimes disappear. With impending climate
change and over-fishing running riot, Francis Juanes,
Professor in the Department of Natural Resources Conservation,
has his work cut out for him as he studies fish species along
the Atlantic coast. Juanes’ research focuses on the ecology,
evolution, and behavior of fishes and benthic crustaceans. Particular
areas of interest include understanding the mechanisms leading
to recruitment variability of marine fishes, the evolution
of life history strategies, and behavioral ecology as it applies
to prey size selection and spatial distribution of species.(More)
Hydrologic Research
Stephanie McPherson for TEI
 David
Boutt, Assistant Professor of Hydrogeology in the Deparment
of Geosciences knows a thing or two about subsurface
liquids. “All my work involves fluids of some sort,
whether in the shallow or the deeper crusts,” says
Boutt. His extensive research in subterranean fluids allows
him to assess a situation and determine the best course of
action, whatever the scenario. Boutt has been working on
a number of water related projects, and is also studying
the effects of carbon sequestration on the natural rocky
make-up of aquifers.(More)
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