UNH Arctic

UNH Arctic
Arctic landscape

The Arctic is on the front lines of climate change, with surface temperatures rising twice as fast as the global average, dramatic loss of mass in sea ice, the Greenland ice sheet and other glaciers, and rapidly thawing permafrost. Not only is a warming and thawing Arctic driving far-reaching impacts in Arctic ecosystems and social systems, changes in the Arctic have profound implications for the environment and social systems across the globe.

UNH Arctic aims to build a more vibrant and interdisciplinary network of Arctic researchers at UNH, increase UNH’s visibility within the national and international Arctic dialogue, and assist in the transition to more sustainable communities.

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Melanie Carolan works along the shore in front of a pink sky

Doctoral Student Using Technology to Form Clearer Coastal Mapping Picture

Doctoral Student Using Technology to Form Clearer Coastal Mapping Picture

Melanie Carolan's research aims to better map areas along New Hampshire and Maine coasts

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Yellow oceanographic apparatus sits on a dock

UNH Deploys Cabled Ocean Observing System Near Isles of Shoals

UNH Deploys Cabled Ocean Observing System Near Isles of Shoals

Real-time oceanographic and acoustic data will measure environmental conditions in Gulf of Maine

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Three female students and one male researcher stand on board a research vessel.

Research Cruise Tracks Ocean Acidification — and Expands Student Horizons

Research Cruise Tracks Ocean Acidification — and Expands Student Horizons

UNH students, researchers integral to success of this summer’s East Coast cruise

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UNH Land Acknowledgement – As we all journey on the trail of life, we wish to acknowledge the spiritual and physical connection the Pennacook, Abenaki, and Wabanaki Peoples have maintained to N’dakinna (homeland) and the aki (land), nebi (water), olakwika (flora), and awaasak (fauna) which the University of New Hampshire community is honored to steward today. We also acknowledge the hardships they continue to endure after the loss of unceded homelands and champion the university’s responsibility to foster relationships and opportunities that strengthen the well-being of the Indigenous People who carry forward the traditions of their ancestors.