Measuring Mansfield's Alpine Plants, One Square Meter at a Time
Throughout the state of Vermont, there exists only a sparse 210 acres of land where alpine plants — plants that grow in harsh, high-elevation climates above tree lines — can thrive. Mount Mansfield, the highest point in the state, holds nearly 200 of those acres. And in the face of oncoming climate change and a dramatic drop in snow pack density and days without snow on the top of the mountain...
AMD Gives UVM $1 Million to Boost Computing Power for COVID-19 Research
The microchip manufacture AMD has made a $1 million gift to the University of Vermont to boost its high performance computing capacity and enhance the university’s COVID-19 research efforts. UVM is among the first 21 schools the company has supported through its AMD HPC Fund for COVID-19 Research program, designed to accelerate COVID research at universities around the country.
The Last Unknown
Imagine if there were, say, 600 species of giraffes: some the size of a shrew, some three stories tall, some with purple spots. Of course, many giraffes could be found in Africa, but suppose there were reports of rare ones, wandering high in the mountains of the remote tropical island of New Guinea.