Science and the Environment | Amanda Womac

Science struggles to save dying coral

Some of the oldest and most diverse ecosystems on the planet are the coral reefs in the earth’s oceans. Home to more than one million species, they play an important part ...Read More

Conservation efforts at work in Tennessee’s waterways

They haven’t spent 73 days in an underwater habitat, but researchers and volunteers with several organizations in Tennessee have spent hundreds of hours snorkeling their ...Read More

Sea you in three months

If someone approached you and suggested you try living in an underwater habitat the size of a college dorm for three months, would you do it? Aquanauts Bruce Cantrell and ...Read More

Natural Resilience

When an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform occurred in 2010, just over 4 million barrels of crude oil were released into the Gulf of Mexico. Hundreds of ...Read More

New Energy on the Horizon

How can we create effective energy and fuels that are both efficient and better for the environment? Thanks to the Sustainable Energy Education and Research Center (SEERC), ...Read More

Departments Focus on Environmental Research Challenges with Global Consequences

Professors across several disciplines in the College of Engineering focus on sustainability research from energy efficiency and hybrid vehicles to the impacts of energy ...Read More

Engineering Energy for a Better Environment

Professors, students and researchers in UT’s College of Engineering apply engineering technologies to sustainable solutions in an effort to improve energy efficiency, ...Read More