PEI-STEP Fellow Jane Baldwin receives AGU Outstanding Student Paper Award
February 12, 2018PEI-STEP fellow Jane Baldwin received an Outstanding Student Paper Award at the American Geophysical Union’s 2017 Fall Meeting.
Predicting snowpack in the West before the first flake falls
January 24, 2018 ・ Morgan Kelly, PEIPrinceton-NOAA research suggests that annual snowmelt in the American West can be predicted to the scale of a mountain range as early as March.
Birth of a storm in the Arabian Sea validates climate model
December 6, 2017 ・ Morgan KellyResearchers from Princeton and NOAA found that extreme cyclones that formed in the Arabian Sea for the first time in 2014 are the result of global warming.
Farms, petroculture and the Environmental Nexus: Four new environmental studies courses and ENV 200 for Spring 2018
December 4, 2017 ・ PEI StaffFour new environmental studies courses and the popular “Environmental Nexus” class are among the many Spring 2018 offerings from PEI’s Certificate Program in Environmental Studies. Registration begins Dec. 6.
How global warming is drying up the North American monsoon
October 11, 2017 ・ Morgan KellyResearchers have struggled to model accurately the changes to the abundant summer rains that sweep across the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, known to scientists as the “North American monsoon.”
Vecchi receives 2017 AGU Ascent Award
June 28, 2017Gabriel Vecchi, a professor of geosciences and PEI, has received a 2017 Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award from the American Geophysical Union.
New model helps predict regional and seasonal sea ice extent
May 22, 2017 ・ Morgan KellyScientists including PEI’s Gabriel Vecchi have developed a new method to forecast the extent of sea ice in some regions of the Arctic up to 11 months in advance.
Forecast: a Podcast About Climate Science and Climate Scientists
February 21, 2017 ・ Igor HeifetzPEI Associate faculty member, Gabe Vecchi, recently interviewed for podcast by Nature’s climate science editor.
PEI Welcomes Four New Faculty Members
February 1, 2017 ・ Joanna M. Foster ’08 for the Princeton Environmental InstituteThe Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) is pleased to welcome Gabriel Vecchi, Luc Deike, Laure Resplandy, and Xinning Zhang.
