HMEI Graduate Research Awards — Call for Applications
January 31, 2024The High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI) is accepting applications for graduate research fellowships and awards in the areas of climate change, environmental policy, water issues and other pressing environmental topics. Our awards are open to Princeton Ph.D. candidates in all…
HMEI announces HMEI-STEP Fellowship Awards to students to pursue environmental policy issues including high-impact responses to climate change and the freeing-up of cropland for reforestation
June 15, 2023 ・ Liana WaitThe High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI) has awarded HMEI-STEP Fellowships to Princeton University graduate students from the departments of ecology and evolutionary biology, atmospheric and oceanic sciences, chemical and biological engineering, and civil and environmental engineering. Kelly Finke, Sofia Menemenlis, Matthew Sima, and Hansen Tjo each…
Regrow, not reuse: How restoring abandoned farms can mitigate climate change
May 25, 2022 ・ B. Rose HuberThe Institute Woods near Princeton University’s campus comprises 589 acres of serene walking trails and a wooden footbridge enjoyed by hikers, runners, and birdwatchers. Like many forests in New Jersey, this local landmark was a patchwork of farm fields and…
CMI Best Paper Awards recognize work on carbon capture, irrigation’s climate impact
April 27, 2022 ・ Morgan KellyThe Carbon Mitigation Initiative (CMI) recognized Tom Postma, a Ph.D. candidate in civil and environmental engineering, and Yujin Zeng, an associate research scholar in atmospheric and oceanic sciences, at the CMI Annual Meeting for outstanding published research. Postma was awarded…
Like a natural system, democracy faces collapse as polarization leads to loss of diversity
December 6, 2021 ・ Morgan KellyMuch like an overexploited ecosystem, the increasingly polarized political landscape in the United States — and much of the world — is experiencing a catastrophic loss of diversity that threatens the resilience not only of democracy, but also of society, according…
Policy interventions could help farmers economically survive in vulnerable regions
December 1, 2021 ・ B. Rose HuberIn the grasslands of Nepal’s Chitwan Valley, local farmers rely on the production of rice and other grains to generate household income. But their livelihoods are under threat, as Nepal is experiencing the effects of climate change at a much…
Gone one, gone all: Without Africa’s large herbivores, a woody vine could threaten the biodiversity of savanna plant communities
September 27, 2021 ・ Liana WaitThe African savanna supports one of the world’s last intact large-mammal communities. Savannas also are home to a diverse array of plant species, but human-driven declines in animal populations could disrupt the balance of both plant and animal species in…
Rise and fall of water blisters offers glimpse beneath Greenland’s thick ice sheet
August 20, 2021 ・ Morgan KellyWater “blisters” trapped beneath the thick interior of Greenland’s ice sheet could provide critical insight into the hydrological network coursing deep below Earth’s second largest body of ice — and how it might be destabilized by climate change, according to…
‘Less than 1% probability’ that Earth’s energy imbalance increase occurred naturally, say Princeton and GFDL scientists
July 28, 2021 ・ Liz Fuller-WrightSunlight in, reflected and emitted energy out. That’s the fundamental energy balance sheet for our planet. If Earth’s clouds, oceans, ice caps and land surfaces send as much energy back up to space as the sun shines down on us,…
