Offshore oil and gas rigs leak more greenhouse gas than expected
September 16, 2019 ・ John SullivanA survey of offshore installations extracting oil and natural gas in the North Sea revealed far more leakage of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, than currently estimated by the British government, according to a research team led by scientists from…
‘100-year’ floods will happen every one to 30 years, according to new coastal flood prediction maps
August 27, 2019 ・ Jen A. MillerA 100-year flood is supposed to be just that: a flood that occurs once every 100 years, or a flood that has a 1% chance of happening every year. But Princeton researchers have developed new maps that predict coastal flooding…
Deike receives NSF CAREER grant to study bubble fragmentation in turbulent liquids
March 3, 2019 ・ Morgan KellyLuc Deike, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and the Princeton Environmental Institute, has received a five-year, $410,000 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to study how bubbles break up in moving fluids, or turbulent flows, such as…
PEI Urban Grand Challenges awards $509,000 to new urban sustainability projects
January 17, 2019 ・ Morgan KellyVertical farms in post-industrial America, origami-based noise-pollution barriers, and cement made from burned waste make up the latest round of projects funded by the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) Urban Grand Challenges program. Totaling $509,000, the new awards are active through September…
Nature’s Nation’ faculty panel explores confluence of environmental science and art
December 5, 2018 ・ Morgan KellyIn a painting of Carolina parakeets by American ornithologist John Audubon, the birds’ scarlet and yellow visages emanate from a tangle of emerald feathers and brown cocklebur branches. Known for the large tight-knit flocks that made them easy to slaughter…
Princeton students develop interdisciplinary project for Newark community garden
October 26, 2018 ・ Laurie ZazenskiOn patch of dusty asphalt in Newark, New Jersey, sits a wooden shed topped with corrugated plastic, a safeguard from impending winter weather. But it won’t be there for long. That’s because the shed is intended to roam around the…
Foam could offer greener option for petroleum drillers
August 9, 2018 ・ John SullivanHydraulic fracturing, or fracking, uses large amounts of fresh water while producing corresponding amounts of wastewater. Water-based foams, which use about 90 percent less water than fracking fluids, could provide an alternative, but the mechanism for foam-driven fracture is not…
Photosynthesis and engines evolved in remarkably similar ways
July 25, 2018 ・ Adam HadhazyA plant: natural, grown, leafy. An internal combustion engine: artificial, machined, metallic. At first blush, these two objects couldn’t appear less alike. Yet, according to a Princeton University study published June 29 in the journal PLoS ONE, the two complex…
PEI Discovery Day 2018 exhibits array of student research in environmental studies
May 21, 2018 ・ Morgan KellyNinety-six students representing 20 academic departments showcased their research and discussed their findings with fellow students and University faculty.
