Shannon Sartain '21 and Research Assistant Professor David Lutz, along with PhD student Evan Dethier, Guarini '15, Guarini '20, not pictured, published a study of the impact of gold mining on water quality in the Amazon basin.

The Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society has awarded its inaugural round of one-year seed grants to nine energy-related projects proposed by faculty and students. Topics range from the transformation of energy systems in New Hampshire and Greenland to novel technologies that enable more efficient motors.

A team of researchers lead by Research Assitant Professor Dave Lutz is sampling lakes across the Northeast this week as part of efforts to better understand what’s causing cyanobacteria blooms.

Cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, blooms in a New Hampshire Lake. David Lutz is leading a team of scientists to study the blooms.