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A new study led by The University of New Mexico researchers has uncovered a surprising pattern in how deserts of the southwestern United States produce dust over long climate cycles. Unlike most of the world—where dust emissions peak during cold, glacial...

The University of New Mexico’s Southwest Environmental Finance Center will receive a $7 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help build the technical, managerial, and financial capabilities of small water systems, improve...

Students and faculty from eight universities in the West are working together and researching topics on issues impacting the Western United States like water scarcity and wildfires.

The University of New Mexico Utility Services and UNM Hospital recently received a water conservation award from Industrial Water Engineering (IWE), the water treatment partner of the University. The Impact on Water, Efficiency, & the Environment (IWEE)...

Enrique Lamadrid, distinguished professor emeritus of Spanish in the department of Spanish & Portuguese, and José Rivera, professor emeritus of community and regional planning, both from The University of New Mexico, released...

University Communication and Marketing (UCAM) annually compiles a Year-in-Review highlighting both its general and research news and feature stories across campus during the course of the calendar year. Below is a select list from UCAM's Newsroom of the...

Researchers at The University of New Mexico are leading a project funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that will help introduce undergraduates around the country to careers in the water industry. Anjali Mulchandani, an assistant professor...

The University of New Mexico’s Southwest Environmental Finance Center will receive $6.2 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for training and technical assistance to small drinking water and wastewater systems serving mostly small...

An upcoming conference at UNM is focusing on the future of water and all that depends on it across the Americas. The Transect of the Americas Symposium: Water & Climate Change Across the Americas: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Headwater Dependent...

What do doughnut economics, a middle school lesson plan and tiny cow graphics all have in common? All of these things were represented in various projects as part of the 2024 UNM Undergraduate Water Science Communication Fellowship presentations held...