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Wedges Reaffirmed

September 27, 2011 ・ Robert Socolow

Report: Direct Removal of Carbon Dioxide from Air Likely Not Viable

May 9, 2011 ・ Steven Schulz

Technologies for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere are unlikely to offer an economically feasible way to slow human-driven climate change for several decades, according to a report issued by the American Physical Society and led by Princeton engineer Robert…

Two New Investigator Awards Support Research on Desalination Technology and Metabolic Rate Processes of Plants

May 2, 2011 ・ Pascale Maloof Poussart

First-year graduate student Lichao Cai looking at a small vial containing a slurry of clathrate hydrates. The Grand Challenges Program has awarded two New Investigator Grants for 2011-2012. One will support a proposal by Michael Bender to develop new methods…

Socolow and Others on Distilling the Human Element in the Climate Challenge

October 30, 2010 ・ Douglas Fischer, Daily Climate

Michael Schlesinger, a climate scientist at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, with decades of experience studying and teaching about global warming, read the post on psychoanalysts’ exploration of the human response to climate change and responded with a query, as follows: Andy,…

Socolow Honored for Environmental Achievement

July 13, 2010 ・ Dana Ricci

Robert Socolow (Photo: Brian Wilson) Robert Socolow, a Princeton professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has received the Keystone Award for Leadership in the Environment, which recognizes contributions to solving society’s environmental problems. Socolow received the award at a June…

Art and Science Collaboration Produced Work-in-Progress on Climate Change

May 15, 2010 ・ Carol Peters

Carolyn Edelstein (top, far right) performs on stage at the Berlind Theater with professional actors from The Civilians. (Photos: Denise Applewhite) Steve Pacala (bottom photo, second from right) during talk-back following the evening performance of The Great Immensity on April…