PEI awards $515,000 to projects studying our changing climate and environment
April 23, 2018 ・ Morgan KellyPEI’s Climate and Energy Challenges program has funded five new projects totaling $515,000 to study our changing climate and environment
Swamp microbe has pollution-munching superpower
April 12, 2018 ・ Chris EmeryPrinceton researchers discovered bacterium in a New Jersey wetland that has the surprising ability to degrade pollutants without using oxygen.
By 2100, arid cities will suffer from more severe heat waves than temperate cities
February 15, 2018 ・ B. Rose KellyIn a reversal of current conditions, by 2100, arid cities such as Phoenix will become more susceptible to heatwaves compared to their surrounding rural areas, while cities on the eastern seaboard will actually be less severely affected by heatwaves compared to theirs.
Competing for blood: How ecologists are solving infectious disease mysteries
February 12, 2018 ・ Liz Fuller-WrightPrinceton ecologists found that co-infections of malaria and hookworm center on fights over a shared resource: red blood cells.
Community-run seafood program, Fishadelphia, links city and Shore
February 7, 2018 ・ Morgan KellyFishadelphia will launch its pilot program Friday, Feb. 9, to help provide Philadelphia residents with access to fresh seafood from Jersey Shore fisheries.
Predicting snowpack in the West before the first flake falls
January 24, 2018 ・ Morgan Kelly, PEIPrinceton-NOAA research suggests that annual snowmelt in the American West can be predicted to the scale of a mountain range as early as March.
Birth of a storm in the Arabian Sea validates climate model
December 6, 2017 ・ Morgan KellyResearchers from Princeton and NOAA found that extreme cyclones that formed in the Arabian Sea for the first time in 2014 are the result of global warming.
Are the Grandkids Worth It? Climate Change Policy Depends on How We Value Human Population
October 30, 2017Protecting future generations from environmental destruction depends on how society values human populations.
Room for Growth: Princeton’s Vertical Farming Project harvests knowledge for a budding industry
October 31, 2017Princeton researchers and students launched the Princeton Vertical Farming Project in April in an effort to optimize the increasingly popular field of vertical farming.
