Princeton students develop interdisciplinary project for Newark community garden
October 26, 2018 ・ Laurie ZazenskiOn patch of dusty asphalt in Newark, New Jersey, sits a wooden shed topped with corrugated plastic, a safeguard from impending winter weather. But it won’t be there for long. That’s because the shed is intended to roam around the…
PEI and Art Museum host Art + Environment Event Series
October 18, 2018 ・ Morgan KellyThe Princeton Environmental Institute and the Princeton University Art Museum will host the Art + Environment Event Series, in which noted authors, journalists and researchers will speak at Princeton University to offer perspectives on the intersections between art and environment. The…
Stoddard receives Packard Fellowship for early-career scientists
October 15, 2018 ・ Morgan KellyMary Caswell “Cassie” Stoddard, an assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) associated faculty, was one of 18 researchers nationwide to receive a David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowship for Science and Engineering, which is awarded to…
Urban Population, Transportation Patterns Affect How Flu Epidemics Play Out
October 8, 2018 ・ Morgan KellyThe more people a city has and the more organized its residents’ movement patterns, the longer its flu season is apt to last, new research co-authored by Princeton University researchers shows. Published in the journal Science, the findings are an important step toward predicting…
Funded by new tax credits, U.S. carbon-capture network could double global CO2 headed underground
September 25, 2018 ・ Morgan KellyWith the right public infrastructure investment, the United States could as much as double the amount of carbon dioxide emissions currently captured and stored worldwide within the next six years, according to an analysis by Princeton University researchers. The authors propose…
From crystals to climate: New ‘gold standard’ timeline connects volcanic eruptions to climate change
October 19, 2018 ・ Liz Fuller-WrightImagine an enormous volcano erupting in the Pacific Northwest, pouring lava across Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Imagine the lava flooding out until river valleys are filled in. Until bushes and shrubs are buried in liquid rock. Until the tallest trees…
Science at sea: Bess Ward teaches and researches from the Pacific Ocean
September 18, 2018 ・ Liz Fuller-WrightWhen oceanographer Bess Ward was granted research time aboard the R/V Sally Ride during the middle of the spring semester, she had to figure out how to teach GEO 428, “Biological Oceanography,” from the Pacific Ocean. She created a teaching schedule that…
Europe’s Policy to Treat Wood as Low-Carbon Fuel Poised to Harm Global Forests
September 12, 2018Europe’s decision to promote the use of wood as a “renewable fuel” will likely greatly increase Europe’s greenhouse gas emissions and cause severe harm to the world’s forests, according to a new paper published in Nature Communications. European officials agreed…
Foam could offer greener option for petroleum drillers
August 9, 2018 ・ John SullivanHydraulic fracturing, or fracking, uses large amounts of fresh water while producing corresponding amounts of wastewater. Water-based foams, which use about 90 percent less water than fracking fluids, could provide an alternative, but the mechanism for foam-driven fracture is not…
