Research & Center Fall/Winter 2009
December 31, 2009 ・ Carol PetersCarbon Mitigation Initiative Craig Arnold, associate professor of MAE, becomes acting co-director of CMI while Rob Socolow is on sabbatical during 2009–2010. CMI announces new members of the CMI Advisory Council: Dallas Burtraw, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future; Michael…
Trenton Franz Awarded Funding from Walbridge Fund
December 31, 2009 ・ Carol PetersTrenton Franz This past spring, Trenton Franz, a third year Ph.D. student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was awarded a $10,000 grant from the Walbridge Fund Graduate Award in Energy and Environmental Research. Franz’s research focuses on…
Climate Talks Make Way for a Design Show
December 19, 2009 ・ Andrew C. Revkin“Is Copenhagen the watershed or just another missed opportunity — there’s no way to tell yet,” said Michael Oppenheimer, a Princeton University climate scientist who attended the talks.
NASA, Google Offer More Precise Emissions Tracking
December 17, 2009 ・ Seth Borenstein and Michael Casey
PEI’s Oppenheimer Discusses Greater Sea Level Rise from Warming
December 16, 2009 ・ Malcolm Ritter
Study: Earth’s Polar Ice Sheets Vulnerable to Even Moderate Global Warming
December 16, 2009 ・ Steven BarnesAn additional 2 degrees of global warming could commit the planet to 6 to 9 meters (20 to 30 feet) of long-term sea level rise A new analysis of the geological record of the Earth’s sea level, carried out by…
PEI’s Oppenheimer Answers New York Times Question: How Much Climate Aid Is Enough?
December 11, 2009 ・ Chris EmeryPEI Robert Socolow Offers Perspective On Climate Change
December 7, 2009 ・ Chris EmeryRobert Socolow (Photo: Frank Wojciechowski) Name: Robert Socolow Title: Professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, co-director of the Carbon Mitigation Initiative and director of the Siebel Energy Grand Challenge. Scholarship: Assessing which technologies and policies might be effective in reducing…
