Protecting nature, preserving humanity: A Q&A with Robert Pringle
June 2, 2017 ・ Morgan KellyPrinceton University’s Robert Pringle discusses the need to shore up protected natural areas to preserve our planet and ourselves.
RESEARCH HONOR: Coverdale receives ESA Graduate Student Policy Award
April 3, 2017 ・ Office of CommunicationsGraduate student Tyler Coverdale, participant in PEI’s Grand Challenge Program, one of six nationwide to receive a Graduate Student Policy Award from The Ecological Society of America.
Study: Cold Climates and Ocean Carbon Sequestration
March 15, 2017 ・ Igor HeifetzFormer Princeton graduate student Xingchen Wang is lead author of a climate study published in PNAS on research he conducted while working in Daniel Sigman’s lab.
How Temperature Guides Where Species Live and Where They’ll Go
February 16, 2017 ・ Morgan Kelly, Office of CommunicationsA Princeton University-based study suggests that the ranges of birds in the world’s temperate mountain areas may actually be determined more by temperature and habitat.
In African ‘Fairy Circles,’ a Template for Nature’s Many Patterns
January 19, 2017 ・ Morgan Kelly, Office of CommunicationsScientists have long debated how landscape-scale plant patterns such as the famous “fairy circles” of Namibia form and persist.
Tree-Bark Thickness Indicates Fire-Resistance in a Hotter Future
January 11, 2017 ・ Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for ResearchA Princeton University-led study has found that trees in fire-prone areas around the world develop thicker bark. The findings suggest that bark thickness could help predict which forests and savannas will survive a warmer climate in which wildfires are expected to increase in frequency.
Wild Science: The Nature of the Mpala Research Centre
December 2, 2016 ・ Morgan Kelly, Office of CommunicationsPrinceton recently expanded its long involvement with Mpala by assuming the role of managing partner, working in close partnership with the Smithsonian Institution, the Kenya Wildlife Service and the National Museums of Kenya to support the facility.
PEI Faculty Seminar Series Video: Competition, Hydraulic Damage, and the Universal Rules Regulating Plant Water Use
October 11, 2016 ・ Igor HeifetzTiny valves on the surfaces of leaves, called stomates, regulate carbon gain and water loss by plants, and are thus linchpins of the global carbon and water cycles. Amazingly, the same simple model regulates stomates worldwide. This model is backed…
PEI Faculty Seminar Series Video: The Bonds We Make and the Bonds We Break; A Chemist’s View of How Metals Drive Biology
April 5, 2016 ・ Igor HeifetzYou may have learned in high school that covalent combinations of the CHNOPS elements comprise nearly all of biology. However, it is the family of less abundant elements, particularly iron, manganese, cobalt and copper, that mediate the most important life…
