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
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.
Princeton climate scientist Balaji selected for French climate initiative
January 11, 2018Climate modeler and PEI associated faculty Venkatramani Balaji is one of 18 researchers worldwide selected to participate in French President Emmanuel Macron’s prestigious “Make Our Planet Great Again” climate initiative.
Drones, Thorns and New Orleans: PEI’s Summer of Learning Symposium features breadth of undergrad research
October 30, 2017PEI’s internship program’s projects focused on global environmental challenges in the areas of policy and resilience, biodiversity and conservation, alternative energy, climate and oceans, and water, soil and human health.
Leaks will not sink carbon capture and storage
September 5, 2017 ・ Morgan KellyA Princeton study found that carbon capture and storage may not be as prone to leakage, or high costs related to fixing leaks, as previously thought.
Orange is the New Green: How Orange Peels Revived a Costa Rican Forest
August 22, 2017Princeton University researchers discovered the power of agricultural waste to potentially regenerate forests and mitigate carbon at low cost.
Analysis shows carbon-slashing promise of new biofuel technology
July 12, 2017 ・ Suleman DinFinding an alternative vehicle fuel poses a difficult challenge: it has to be relatively cheap and able to reduce carbon emissions.
Nitrogen contained in coral provides evidence of human impact on the open ocean
May 19, 2017 ・ Pooja Makhijani, Office of Communications“Anthropogenic nitrogen deposition is, perhaps, substantially less severe than has been argued,” said Daniel Sigman.
Baker, 61st U.S. Secretary of State, calls for conservative action on looming climate crisis
May 12, 2017 ・ Morgan KellyJames A. Baker III, the 61st U.S. Secretary of State, presented “A Conservative Approach to Climate Change” to a full audience for PEI’s 2017 Taplin Environmental Lecture.
