Combining science and service: Studying lead contamination in Trenton, N.J.
April 2, 2018 ・ Morgan KellyThe project “Urban Tap Water and Human Health” funded by PEI’s Urban Grand Challenges program combines science with community service
As antibiotics fail, global consumption of antibiotics skyrockets, further driving drug resistance
March 26, 2018Despite the threat of a global health crisis in antibiotic resistance, worldwide use of antibiotics soared 39 percent between 2000 and 2015.
Historians to climate researchers: “Let’s talk”
March 19, 2018 ・ Liz Fuller-WrightHistory – and historians – can tell us a lot about how societies handle environmental upheaval.
Bourg receives NSF CAREER grant to study fine-grain soil hydrology, mechanics
March 13, 2018 ・ Morgan KellyIan Bourg has received a five-year NSF CAREER award to study the hydrology and mechanics of fine-grained soils and sedimentary rocks.
Video for Emmanuel Kreike’s March 6 PEI Faculty Seminar now available
March 9, 2018 ・ Morgan KellyThe video for the March 6 PEI Faculty Seminar, “Environcide: War, Society, and Environment,” is now available.
Half a degree more global warming could flood out 5 million more people
March 15, 2018 ・ Liz Fuller-WrightThe difference between an increase of 1.5 and 2 degrees Celsius in the global temperature could mean the inundation of lands currently home to about 5 million people.
So much depends on the velocity of tiny droplets cast upward
March 8, 2018 ・ Morgan KellyNew research describes the velocity of aerosols cast upward as bubbles on a liquid’s surface burst. Above the ocean, these droplets transfer moisture, salt, and even toxins such as algae from water to air.
Princeton geologists solve fossil mystery by creating 3-D ‘virtual tour’ through rock
February 27, 2018 ・ Liz Fuller-WrightPrinceton geoscientists Adam Maloof and Akshay Mehra can create 3-D versions of rock samples that scientists can look at from any angle.
Saving our cities and ourselves: A Q&A with PEI’s Ashley Dawson
February 28, 2018 ・ Morgan KellyA Q&A with PEI’s Ashley Dawson about his recent book, “Extreme Cities: The Peril and Promise of Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change.”
