A team of scientists, including UConn professors Tracy Frank, Chris Fielding, and Michael Hren, studied how plants responded to the catastrophic climate changes of the End-Permian Extinction, the most severe ecological crisis in Earth’s history. By analyzing fossil plants and sedimentary rocks from Australia, they discovered that conifers were the first to recolonize the land, […]

New England’s stone walls hold historical, geological, and cultural significance. Professor Robert Thorson advocates for their systematic conservation. In a paper published in The Public Historian, he outlines a step-by-step approach using GIS and LiDAR technology to locate, map, and catalog these structures. His plan involves engaging communities, identifying property boundaries, classifying walls based on […]