![Plastic waste is shown mixed in with a catch of many small fish.](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2024/June/wonders%20of%20mekong%20plastic/Wonders-of-the-Mekong-header-Chhena-fish-with-plastic-cups.jpg)
New research explores the microbial communities that live on plastic waste and how they impact the 2nd most biodiverse river in the world
![Aerial drone image of the Lake Tahoe shoreline](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2023/Oct/tahoe%20science%20conference/unrlt-lake-tahoe-drone-oct2023.jpg)
Scientists and natural resource managers gather to collaborate on environmental policy
![An aerial view of the massive stingray sitting in water atop a green tarp held by people all around the stingray.](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2023/Sept/world-record-stingray.jpg)
Researchers from the Wonders of the Mekong project tagged the fish when it was caught over a year ago
![Ted Scambos and and Gabi Collao Barrios download ocean temperature data from beneath Thwaites Glacier Ice-Shelf in Antarctica.](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2023/Aug/ctemps-work-antarctica.png)
University of Nevada, Reno coordinates program assisting hundreds of scientists around the globe
![View of a walk way with railings in front of Lake Tahoe in a sunny day.](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2023/Aug/Lake-Tahoe.jpg)
Director of the Ozmen Institute for Global Studies, Global Water Center and University Professor Sudeep Chandra provides vital insight about why Lake Tahoe’s clarity has improved
![A plastic cup floats on the shoreline of Lake Tahoe](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2023/July/Tahoe%20Plastic/tahoe-plastic-cup.jpg)
Research published in Nature reveals concentrations of microplastics in 38 lakes with plastic debris from textiles frequently identified
![Sudeep Chandra sits to the left of President Sandoval with Zeb Hogan on the right in a podcast recording room with three mics on the table in front of them.](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2023/May/chandra-sandoval-hogan-mkc.jpg)
College of Science faculty share their world adventures and the impact they are making here in Nevada
![Aaron Konig kneels on a riverbank preparing scientific samples.](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2023/Apr/Konig_fieldwork.jpg)
Global Water Center researcher pursues conservation solutions that sustain aquatic diversity and human needs
![Zeb Hogan with payara](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2023/Mar/payara-rewa-river-guyana-2015.jpg)
Associate Research Professor Zeb Hogan's work to find, study and protect freshwater megafish featured
![fish release on Mekong River](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2023/Feb/Mekong%20River/mekong_catfish_release_from_boat.jpg)
International collaborations with the Global Water Center contribute to successful conservation efforts
![scott tyler at antarctic](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2022/Dec/tyler-antarctic.jpg)
Brings extensive experience in hydrological sciences to DOE’s review board
![Researchers working in barn-like building that houses ichthyosaur fossils](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2022/Dec/ichthyosaur/ichthyosaur-depolo-noble-1.jpg)
Research in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution provides a new explanation for why so many of the extinct marine reptiles died in the same location in central Nevada
![adjusting instruments on tower on Antarctic ice shelf](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2022/Sept/tower_and_plane_on_ice_shelf.jpg)
Chris Kratt travels to Antarctic to set up temperature sensing devices and retrieve data
![giant stingray tag and release](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2022/June/world_record_freshwater_fish.jpg)
International team now tracking the 661-pound giant freshwater stingray's movements to better understand, protect the species and key freshwater habitats
![A flowing creek with green foliage and mountains behind it.](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2022/May/dinwoody-creek.jpg)
University of Nevada, Reno leads study looking at over 500 locations in the U.S.
![Zeb Hogan with giant stingray in river](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2022/Apr/zeb_hogan_and_team_tagging_releasing_stingray_2009.jpg)
International effort led by USAID Cooperative Project, Wonders of the Mekong, to launch April 22
![Eli Everest (right) leans over with a man to her right to tag a fish.](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2022/Mar/EliTaggingFish-header.jpg)
The Global Water Center is made up of faculty from all over the University community. Learn about their work to better understand and protect our most precious resource.
![releasing Mekong giant catfish into lake](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2022/Mar/Mekong_Giant_Catfish_tagged_and_released.jpg)
Tagging and release of Mekong giant catfish, giant barb and river catfish highlight the immense value of biodiversity and ecosystems in the region
![Adrian Harpold working with technology in a forest.](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2021/Nov/adrian-harpold-in-field.jpg)
Snowmelt and mountain ecosystems research vital to resource management in times of changing climate
![Aerial photograph of Caldor Fire encroaching on Lake Tahoe](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2021/Sept/Tahoe%20Smoke/Smoke-Tahoe-header.jpg)
As extended smoke and ash continue to impact the Lake Tahoe Basin, researchers hope to better understand if and how the iconic alpine lake can recover.
![algae bloom at Lake Tahoe beach](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2021/July/tahoe_algae_bloom.jpg)
University of Nevada, Reno part of comprehensive study
![wildfire smoke on lake tahoe](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2021/June/castle%20lake%20wildfire%20smoke/wildfire_smoke_lake_tahoe_king_fire_2014.jpg)
University of Nevada, Reno Global Water Center researchers studied impacts of six major 2018 wildfires
![James Church sits at his desk in his campus office.](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2021/Mar/James_Church_Headshot.jpg)
In 1908, James Church’s interest in snow and the mountains led to the invention of the snow sampler, a device that greatly advanced the development of snow science
![researchers at Eg River Mongolia](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2021/Feb/macrosystems%20biology/Eg_River_Mongolia.jpg)
University of Nevada, Reno conducts international rivers study based on new approaches in science
![Microscopic image of marine plankton.](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2020/Dec/Marine%20Plankton/marine-plankton-header.jpg)
Census of marine plankton fossils reveals inability to adapt to large shifts in climate
![Freshwater fish](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2020/Nov/fish.jpg)
Results of research published in science journal Nature could help freshwater fisheries worldwide
![a meadow in the Sierra Nevada mountains](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2020/Nov/sierra-nevada-meadow.jpg)
Collaborative study indicates meadows hold promise to help control carbon released into the atmosphere
![UV Vessel works at night to kill invasive aquatic plants](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2020/Aug/UV_Vessel_working_at_night.jpg)
Public-private partnership project shows favorable results
![white sturgeon in the fraser river](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2020/July/zeb_white_sturgeon_fraser_river.jpg)
College of Science’s Zeb Hogan co-author of comprehensive global report
![James Simmons holds a Lahontan Cutthroat Trout at Summit Lake](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2020/July/James_and_the_giant_fish.jpg)
University collaborates with tribe to protect the longest self-sustaining population of trout
![Professor Geoff Blewitt sits alongside a GPS station on a mountain that overlooks the valley of Reno and Sparks, Nev.](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2020/June/Geoff_Blewitt_UNR.jpg)
The University’s 2020 Outstanding Researcher award recognizes the amazing discoveries, scientific contributions and career of Geoff Blewitt
![Two women testing data collection equipment in the forest](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2020/May/students-maintaining-equipment.jpg)
University researchers design water quantity tool to help with forest-thinning plans
![Split screen showing screen grab of a young girl (left) and a man flyfishing (right) both with Sci-On Official Selection laurels overlain on the images.](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2020/Apr/sci-on-fest-header.jpg)
Watch the short documentary Fertile Waters and an episode of Mineral Monday, both official selections in the festival, on May 5 at 7 p.m. at the virtual festival.
![A young Cambodian boy sorts fish on a dai net fishery boat.](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2019/Sept/Cambodia2019-14.jpg)
Biology professors Zeb Hogan and Sudeep Chandra receive 4 years of funding for their research in Cambodia.
![John Cushman is shown with members of his research working in the University's Greenhouse Complex.](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2017/April/John_Cushman_with_agave.jpg)
2017 Nevada Regents’ Researcher Award recognizes the contributions of CABNR Foundation Professor John Cushman
![Molecular Environmental Science Lab](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2017/April/DOW_89517hirez%20blu1180.jpg)
Environmental engineer Frank Yang wins awards with environmental contamination work
![Watershed Management](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2016/Aug/CobournWatershedModel1180.jpg)
University’s John Cobourn recognized for work with floods, Lake Tahoe’s clarity and other state water issues
![Adrian Harpold](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2016/Aug/adrianh.jpg)
CABNR scientist part of team studying areas with significant snowfall
![tahoe invasive fish removal research](https://www.unr.edu/main/images/news/2016/July/tahoe%20demo%20day%201180.jpg)
New University collaboration approved by the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents