Environment and Sustainability

News about UB’s environmental programs and related sustainability initiatives. (see all topics)

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  • Parents' Sport Fishing and Consumption of Toxins in Sport Fish Contribute to Shifts in Gender-Role Behavior, UB Scientists Find
    2/14/03
    Women's exposure to environmental contaminants that mimic the activity of human sex hormones during prenatal development can affect the masculinity and femininity of their offspring, UB researchers have found.
  • El Reventador Volcano, Which Closed Quito, Deserves More Study, UB Scientist Says
    11/8/02
    Ecuador's El Reventador volcano awoke from a 35-year slumber last Sunday with an eruption that makes other volcano eruptions of recent years look "pale" in comparison, according to a University at Buffalo geologist.
  • Using Non-Invasive Tools, UB Geophysicists Find Ancient Settlement Buried Beneath a Roman Fort in Jordanian Desert
    10/30/02
    Using non-invasive geophysical tools -- and without turning one shovel of soil -- a team of University at Buffalo scientists has discovered in the Jordanian desert an ancient Nabatean settlement buried beneath a 2nd-century Roman fort, which itself is buried a few feet below the desert surface.
  • UB Volcanologist to Fly Hyperspectral Mission over Erupting Volcano; to be Filmed by Discovery Channel
    10/9/02
    Flying over a volcano that's sending plumes of smoke and ash several miles into the sky might sound like a risky proposition, but University at Buffalo volcanologist Michael Sheridan and his colleagues are doing just that this week with Ecuador's towering 5,000-meter-high Tungurahua volcano as they study how and where it next will do its damage.
  • UB is First SUNY Campus to Purchase 'Clean' Wind Power
    10/1/02
    The University at Buffalo announced today an agreement with Community Energy, Inc., that makes UB the first campus in the State University of New York system to buy a portion of its electrical power from a commercial supplier of wind-generated power.
  • Julia Butterfly Hill to Speak as Part of UB "Ecofest"
    9/5/02
    Julia Butterfly Hill, the environmental activist who lived for more than two years in the canopy of a 1,000-year-old redwood tree in California to save it from loggers, will lecture at the University at Buffalo on Oct. 3 as part of a three-day campus "Ecofest."
  • UB Researcher Observes Strong Statistical Correlation Between Prevalence of Diabetes and Air Pollution
    7/26/02
    A dramatic statistical correlation between the prevalence of diabetes and air pollution levels has been demonstrated by a University at Buffalo researcher who publishes his observations in the August issue of the journal, Diabetes Care.
  • Importance of Early Environmental Exposure Pinpointed in Study of Breast Cancer Development
    6/24/02
    Where a woman lives at birth and puberty may have an impact on her risk of developing breast cancer later, findings from a novel study conducted by geographers and epidemiologists at the University at Buffalo have shown.
  • Great Lakes a Summer Classroom for Students From UB, Buffalo State and Other Colleges
    6/18/02
    The Great Lakes and its tributaries are a classroom for 10 students enrolled in the Great Lakes Summer Institute being hosted this month through June 25 by the University at Buffalo and Buffalo State College. Working alongside researchers from UB's Great Lakes Program and the Great Lakes Center at Buffalo State, the students are testing water quality in Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, and in the Buffalo and Niagara rivers.
  • Study of Dust in Ice Cores Shows Volcanic Eruptions Interfere with the Effect of Sunspots on Global Climate
    6/11/02
    University at Buffalo scientists working with ice cores have solved a mystery surrounding sunspots and their effect on climate that has puzzled scientists since they began studying the phenomenon.