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Dartmouth oceanographer Yoshihiro Nakayama created a high-resolution model to study the melting of two glaciers in western Antarctica, and found that small-scale underwater eddies melt ice from below.

The trackers, which stay in a cow’s stomach and collect data, can help farmers understand when their cows are feeling ill, or when they’re in heat.

A study on kidney cancer rates released in October shows the rate of kidney cancer in Merrimack is 38% higher than in the rest of the state. The research is part of a long-term investigation that began with residents’ concerns about chemical exposure.

The sensors will help warn of dangers from solar wind, which can interfere with the electric grid, satellites, and flight paths.

Most studies looking at large-scale environmental changes analyze one shift at a time. But UNH researchers looked at two effects of burning fossil fuels: soil warming up and nitrogen levels rising.

Across the region, it’s typical for less than half of radicchio plants to become marketable heads, according to the UNH study.

The study shows that with each degree Celsius of global warming, thawing permafrost could emit as much carbon as 35 million cars do in a year.

With climate change driving warmer, wetter weather in New Hampshire, University of New Hampshire researchers are studying food crops that can withstand difficult conditions.

Their concerns hinge on the Irving Institute for Energy and Society’s connections to Irving Oil.

The University of New Hampshire and Dartmouth College both have teams dedicated to studying the Arctic. Scientists say it has a lot to tell us about climate change.