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Research & Center Fall/Winter 2009

December 31, 2009 ・ Carol Peters

Carbon 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…

Study: Earth’s Polar Ice Sheets Vulnerable to Even Moderate Global Warming

December 16, 2009 ・ Steven Barnes

An 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…

S.O.S. sign written in beach sand near beach waves hahaha

Sigman, Zoli Win MacArthur ‘Genius Grants’

September 22, 2009 ・ Kitta MacPherson and Chris Emery

Daniel Sigman Theodore Zoli Daniel Sigman, a Princeton University biogeochemist who has conducted pioneering work exploring the large-scale systems that have supported life on the planet throughout the millennia, has been selected as a 2009 MacArthur Fellow. Also chosen was…

S.O.S. sign written in beach sand near beach waves hahaha

Denitrification, Its Importance Once Diluted, may be Back on Top, Princeton-Led Team Says

September 2, 2009 ・ Kitta MacPherson

After more than a decade of inquiry, a Princeton-led team of scientists has turned the tables on a long-standing controversy to re-establish an old truth about nitrogen mixing in the oceans. For decades, scientists thought they had a handle on…

BP and Princeton Renew Partnership to Tackle Climate Problem

October 15, 2008 ・ Kitta MacPherson

Energy company BP has committed to a five-year renewal of a joint research partnership with Princeton University that identifies ways of tackling the world’s climate problem. It will support Princeton to at least its current level of funding for the…

Princeton Selected by NOAA for Climate Research Program

June 12, 2008 ・ Ruth Stevens

After a competitive review process, Princeton University’s Cooperative Institute for Climate Science has been selected as a collaborative research partner by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The institute is one of two selected partners that will join the…

Testing the Waters in Bermuda for Global Warming

December 6, 2007 ・ Karin Dienst

Eileen Zerba (left), the instructor of “Signals, Yardsticks and Tipping Points of Global Warming,” helped freshman Laura Fernandez identify and prepare algae samples. Students in the freshman seminar took a fall break trip to Bermuda, enabling them to get a…