Protected: ENV Class Day 2023 honors newest graduates of Princeton’s environmental studies program and celebrates their commitment to environmental research
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HMEI Discovery Day Showcases Student Research on Environmental Topics
June 2, 2023 ・ Liana WaitOn May 3, the High Meadows Environmental Institute held its tenth annual Discovery Day event showcasing multidisciplinary student research on environmental topics. Held annually since 2012, this year’s poster show featured work by more than 100 students representing 27 academic…
The birds and the bees: For their senior thesis work, Darcy Chang and Joanna Shoubaki explored the sensory ecology of hummingbirds and sweat bees
June 2, 2023 ・ Liana WaitPrinceton senior Darcy Chang spent the summer of 2022 photographing hummingbirds and wildflowers at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Colorado to explore how climate change might be impacting the tight-knit relationship between Broad-tailed hummingbirds and the flowers they pollinate.…
Weber receives Patrick Suppes Prize in Psychology
May 8, 2023 ・ Colton PooreElke Weber, the Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment and professor of psychology and public affairs, has been awarded the Patrick Suppes Prize in Psychology from the American Philosophical Society for her work to understand how people make important…
Four Princeton seniors awarded ReachOut Fellowship for public service
March 21, 2023 ・ Emily AronsonFour Princeton University seniors have been awarded a fellowship from ReachOut 56-81-06, an alumni-funded effort that supports year-long public service projects after graduation. Their projects focus on strengthening New York City’s preparedness initiatives in response to climate change, recording oral histories…
Switching to hydrogen fuel could prolong the methane problem
March 13, 2023 ・ Colton PooreHydrogen’s potential as a clean fuel could be limited by a chemical reaction in the lower atmosphere, according to research from Princeton University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association. This is because hydrogen gas easily reacts in the atmosphere…
What can brittle stars tell us about the response of marine species to climate warming?
June 7, 2023 ・ Tom GarlinghouseA recent study conducted on coral reefs along the coast of Panama is helping to shed light on how marine species are impacted by an increasingly warming planet. The study uses unprecedented high-frequency data to examine the effects of temperature…
Princeton on ice: Documenting climate change at the ends of the Earth
February 28, 2023 ・ Liz Fuller-Wright and Denise ValentiAt the northern and southern tips of our planet are tiny bubbles of air trapped for millions of years within polar ice. These microscopic time capsules hold a record of Earth’s atmosphere — and thus its climate history. “Ice is time, crystalized,”…
Wastewater Sector Emits Nearly Twice As Much Methane As Previously Thought
February 28, 2023 ・ Colton PooreMunicipal wastewater treatment plants emit nearly double the amount of methane into the atmosphere than scientists previously believed, according to new research from Princeton University. And since methane warms the planet over 80 times more powerfully than carbon dioxide over…
