By Ella Bodor Hatfield, Political Science Major, Mentor Dr. Jami Nuñez. Billions of people still suffer from water insecurity today. Water stress levels are likely to increase amidst a warming climate, particularly in already arid and water-insecure regions. Jami...
By Diego Salazar, Environmental Science Major, Mentor Laura Crossey. For cities and governments to make informed decisions regarding water use and public health there must be an understanding of ecosystem behavior and health over long periods of time. Long term...
By Elena Rosales, Biology Major, Sustainability Studies, Mentor Alex Webster. Rivers play an essential role in the land to ocean aquatic continuum (LOAC) of the global carbon cycle in the sequestration of carbon. This system is being influenced by human activities...
By Kenya Hernandez, Chemical Engineering Major, Mentors Maycee Hurd and Sydney Donohue Jobe. As plastic manufacturing continues to impact the world, it’s important that we become wary of how plastic waste (microplastics) is impacting the environment and even our...
By Harmony Martinez, Biology Major, Mentor William Mejia. The Santa Fe Municipal Watershed (SFMW) is of both great ecological and economic importance, providing 20-40% of Santa Fe’s water supply. However, due to a long history of fire suppression, the wilderness...
By Abigail Castro, Economics Major, Mentor Dr. Heidi Honegger Rogers. There are various global issues involving the sustainability of water, therefore the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs created Water Sustainable Goal 6. Goal 6 stresses the...
By Justin Spitz, Medical Lab Science Major, Mentor Dr. Heidi Honegger Rogers. Access to clean water is a basic human right. Without access to sustainable quality water infrastructure, rural communities in New Mexico will continue to experience harmful health effects,...
By Carmen Atchley, Civil Engineering Major, Mentors Dr. Anjali Mulchandani and Matt Russell. In the case of natural disasters in rural communities, traditional methods of providing people with water, like municipal water sources or trucking in water, are...
By Dana Awad, Chemical Engineering Major, Mentor Dr. Allyson McGaughey. Lack of clean water is a challenging issue that people worldwide are suffering from. To increase clean water access, many techniques and technologies have been developed to extract clean water...
By Quyen Le, Chemical Engineering Major, Mentor Dr. Allyson McGaughey. Water scarcity remains a significant challenge in various parts of the world. To address the issue of limited water resources, water providers are exploring ways to treat and reuse water from...