Topic: environment

Emma Frances Bloomfield
Research | October 18, 2017

Four stumbling blocks impede clear communication on climate change.

landscape view
Campus News | October 17, 2017

UNLV is ideally placed to assist — and provide — leaders to deal with the challenges of the major urban center that is Las Vegas.

man sitting between burned trees.
Research | October 10, 2017

Economics researchers capitalize on the dynamics wildfire to prove infants’ proximity to smoke pollution while in utero affects birthweight.

A self-sufficient home sits in the desert.
Campus News | October 9, 2017

Voting for the Solar Decathlon People's Choice Award is open, and UNLV's team needs your support.

Ka-Voka Jackson is working to restore native plants in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. (Courtesy Photo)
Arts and Culture | June 13, 2017

Native American master's student Ka-Voka Jackson is working to protect the environment and preserve her Hualapai culture.

Single visitor looking at the Tested Ground museum exhibit
Arts and Culture | June 12, 2017

How to use the Barrick Museum’s new exhibit to talk to your children about the environment.

Solar panels in the Eldorado Valley
Research | May 25, 2017

Researchers investigate the environmental footprint of solar facilities to guide future design.

Jonathan Baker and colleagues examine stalagmite in a cave
Campus News | May 22, 2017

UNLV Ph.D. candidate’s research in Russia challenges widely held understanding of past climate history; study appears in latest issue of top journal Nature Geoscience.

Team Wingin' It stands in front of U.N.L.V. sign
Business and Community | February 15, 2017

Team Wingin’ It, a group led by UNLV students, hatched a plan to help Las Vegas become more energy efficient and plucked the $10K grand prize during the Consumer Electronics Show.