In Rainforests, Battle for Sunlight Shapes Forest Structure
January 8, 2016 ・ Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for ResearchResearchers have discovered that competition for sunlight among rainforest trees leads to the remarkably consistent pattern of tree sizes seen in tropical forests around the globe.
Princeton Profiles: Dan Steingart, Exploring Batteries With Creativity
January 4, 2016 ・ Danielle Alio, Office of CommunicationsDan Steingart studies batteries and focuses on innovation and problem solving with his students in the classroom and the lab.
PEI Founding Director, Simon Levin, Wins National Medal of Science for Unraveling Ecological Complexity
December 22, 2015 ・ Morgan Kelly, Office of CommunicationsSimon Levin, Princeton University’s George M. Moffett Professor of Biology and professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, will receive a National Medal of Science, the nation’s highest scientific honor.
WWS Reacts: Will the Paris Climate Agreement be a ‘Turning Point’ for the World?
December 17, 2015 ・ Rose HuberQ&A with Michael Oppenheimer and Denise Mauzerall about the Paris Climate Agreement.
More Aggressive Climate Policies Are Needed to Save the Future Poor
December 8, 2015 ・ Rose HuberPeople often believe that future generations will be better off than their predecessors, but this may not be true for today’s impoverished populations.
Warm Nights Could Flood the Atmosphere With Carbon Under Climate Change
December 8, 2015 ・ Morgan Kelly, Office of CommunicationsA study led by Princeton University researchers suggests that hotter nights may wield more influence than previously thought over the planet’s atmosphere as global temperatures rise — and could eventually lead to more carbon flooding the atmosphere.
Dolphin-Disease Outbreak Shows How to Account for the Unknown When Tracking Epidemics
December 4, 2015 ・ Morgan Kelly, Office of CommunicationsStopping the outbreak of a disease hinges on a wealth of data such as what makes a suitable host and how a pathogen spreads. But gathering these data can be difficult for diseases in remote areas of the world, or…
Theory of ‘Smart’ Plants May Explain the Evolution of Global Ecosystems
December 1, 2015 ・ Morgan Kelly, Office of CommunicationsIt’s easy to think of plants as passive features of their environments, doing as the land prescribes, serving as a backdrop to the bustling animal kingdom.
Climate Change and Destiny Studies: Creating Our Near and Far Futures
November 30, 2015 ・ Igor HeifetzIn the ‘Bulletin of Atomic Scientists’ Robert Socolow proposes new academic field, Destiny Studies, focused on climate change.
