Texas Society for Ecological Restoration Tours UHCC
November, 2024

UH Coastal Center

As part of the annual conference for the Texas Society for Ecological Restoration in November, ~40 attendees from across Texas toured the prairie restorations at the UHCC. Afterward, students from the University of North Texas got their hands dirty and helped control tallow.

Data Released from Study of Houston Atmosphere
August 27, 2024

Atmospheric Radiation Measurement

In 2022, Houston, Texas became a nexus for field campaigns aiming to further our understanding of the feedbacks between convective clouds, aerosols, and atmospheric boundary layer properties. Eight research teams collected data from 14 sites distributed within a ~80-km radius around Houston over 46 days between 2 June and 18 September 2022. The data will facilitate numerical simulations and the fundamental study of atmospheric processes. The UHCC was one of the 14 study sites. The entire data set is now available online. 

Soil Carbon Study
February 6, 2024

Presentation by Resource Environmental Solutions

Thanks to the support of coastal prairie enthusiast Beth Robertson, the University of Houston Coastal Center was able to accept a proposal by Resource Environmental Solutions (RES) to undertake a soil carbon baseline study at its facility at La Marque in Galveston County. Soil cores and vegetation surveys were performed at 77 sampling sites at the 925-acre UHCC facility, with the undisturbed soils of the central Aumann Prairie serving as the reference prairie. The study also included following the same sampling protocols at 15 sites at the Lawther-Deer Park Prairie in Harris County as a comparison prairie. 

Art on the Prairie: Collaboration and Conservation
January 24, 2024

UH College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts and UH Coastal Center Create opportunities for interdisciplinary exchange. 

Houston Regional Ecology & Evolution Symposium meets at UHCC
May 5, 2023

UH Coastal Center

The UHCC hosted the 2023 meeting of the Houston Regional Ecology & Evolution Symposium, with excellent presentations by our colleagues from several local institutions.

UH Coastal Center Takes to the Air in Effort to Restore Coastal Prairie
December 22, 2022

UH College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Center targets invasive tallow trees with aerial spraying. 

Controlled Burn Promotes Biodiversity at UH Coastal Center
March 25, 2020

UH College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

UH staff, community volunteers and firefighters benefit from collaboration, burning nearly 100 acres of coastal prairie land. 

Above-Below Ground: Plant-Herbivore Interactions
February 19, 2019

UH College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Texas Ecolab grant supports Ph.D. student Hannah Locke’s research. 

How Will Climate Change Affect Plants, Soil Microbes?
September 5, 2018

UH College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Department of Biology and Biochemistry

NSF-funded project could help scientists, land managers prepare for the future. 

Prairie Ecology: The Role of Micronutrients
October 6, 2017

UH College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Assessing response of herbivores, such as grasshoppers, to micronutrient levels. 

UH Environmental Research Gets a Boost with New Designation
June 29, 2017

UH College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Projects include grassland ecology, Houston-area climate, geophysics. 

Restoring Sand Dunes, One Microbe at a Time
September 21, 2016

UH College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

UH ecologist works to keep plant life healthy on restored dunes. 

Wang Receives NSF Grant to Develop GPS and LIDAR Education at UH
September 18, 2013

UH College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Project will add upper-level applications course and augment field methods course.