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Changed for the Better

Hannah Donahue ’22Ìımay not, by her own admission,Ìı have been quite ready to say goodbye to UNH in the days leading up to graduation this spring, but thanks to her time on campus she was more than ready for the next step in her journey — a full-time position at HubSpot.

Oysters as Nitrogen Bioextractors

Oysters filter particles that contain nitrogen (and carbon) from the water. Wild oysters cycle small amounts of that nitrogen back into the environment, however farmed oysters, once harvested from the estuary, directly remove the nitrogen from the aquatic ecosystem., which NHAES scientists contributed to, states that a combination of oyster aquaculture and reef restoration will complement land-based efforts to reduce nitrogen flowing into the Great Bay estuary.