SOCCOM Launches Robotic Ocean Probes to Measure Global Warming Impacts
April 6, 2016 ・ Igor HeifetzPEI administered research program, SOCCOM, is deploying 200 probes to monitor seawater chemistry and biological activity in the waters around Antarctica.
Princeton Researchers Go to the End of the Earth for the World’s Oldest Ice
March 15, 2016 ・ Morgan Kelly, Office of CommunicationsJohn Higgins led a team of researchers who reported in 2015 the recovery of a 1-million-year-old ice core from the remote Allan Hills of Antarctica, the oldest ice ever recorded by scientists.
Ocean Fertilization Could Be a Zero-Sum Game
February 1, 2016 ・ Igor HeifetzPEI associated faculty member Daniel Sigman participated in a recent study that found fertilizing the oceans with iron may not work as envisioned.
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.
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.
Ten Graduate Students Join PECS
September 4, 2015 ・ Holly WellesFrom top left: Rachel Baker, Victor Charpentier, Ryan Edwards, Levi Golston, Julio Herrera-Estrada, Greg Davies, Wenkai Liang, Lee Mordechai, and Yuzhen Yan Ten graduate students have been selected to join the Princeton Energy and Climate Scholars Program (PECS) for…
$1.05M Awarded for Innovative Research, Teaching, and Mentorship in Energy and the Environment
August 5, 2015 ・ Brenda L. Mikeo for Princeton Environmental InstitutePrinceton Environmental Institute (PEI) and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment (ACEE) have announced awards totaling $1,050,000 to support 11 innovative projects in energy and the environment.
Study Calculates the Speed of Ice Formation
August 4, 2015 ・ Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for ResearchResearchers at Princeton University have for the first time directly calculated the rate at which water crystallizes into ice in a realistic computer model of water molecules. The simulations, which were carried out on supercomputers, provide insight into the mechanism by which…
Feeding the Future and the Future of Food: Panel Discussion and Screening of the Film “Modern Nature”
May 19, 2015 ・ Igor HeifetzThis panel will highlight research and educational activities currently underway by faculty, alumni, and graduate and undergraduate students to address the “food problem.” The broad focus will include health, environment, animal ethics, climate change, and food production and sufficiency. The…
