Topic: environment

Man planting flowers
Campus News | June 18, 2010

UNLV one of three institutions to win national facilities award.

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Research | May 4, 2010

Forty percent of Las Vegans surveyed say they'd leave Nevada if they could live anywhere they wanted. One local leader is taking a step to change that.

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Research | April 15, 2010

When alumnus Jim Holland finished his thesis, "climate change" was far from being coined. Thirty years later, the work has been dusted off to help researchers predict the evolution of Southern Nevada's desert ecosystem.

Cindy Ortega poses for camera
People | April 12, 2010

Alumna Cindy Ortega has an unlikely background for someone who just helped open a multibillion dollar resort dedicated to the massaging and feeding of tourists. And at first blush, it seems more unlikely still that her specific job is making such a behemoth environmentally "small."

Lake Mead
Research | April 2, 2010

While drought conditions in the West continue to produce record drops in water levels at Lake Mead, a rising tide of research at UNLV seeks to address some of the region's most pressing water issues.

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Research | February 3, 2010

Elevated mercury levels in canned tuna may put your health at risk.

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Research | February 3, 2010

Wetter conditions could increase water storage in Lake Mead by nine to 48 Percent within two years.

David Wong holding quagga mussels
Research | October 29, 2009

Tiny quagga mussels are clogging water pipelines, attaching to boats and lake structures, and causing big problems at Lake Mead.