Data-Driven Model Provides Projections of a 21st Century Urban Climate
January 4, 2021 ・ Lois E. Yoksoulian and B. Rose HuberCities occupy about only 3% of the Earth’s total land surface, but they bear the burden of the human-perceived effects of global climate change. Yet, current global climate models are set up mainly for big-picture analysis, leaving urban areas poorly…
What caused the ice ages? Tiny ocean fossils offer key evidence
December 10, 2020 ・ Liz Fuller-WrightThe last million years of Earth history have been characterized by frequent “glacial-interglacial cycles,” large swings in climate that are linked to the growing and shrinking of massive, continent-spanning ice sheets. These cycles are triggered by subtle oscillations in Earth’s…
Climate change could mean fewer sunny days for hot regions banking on solar power
October 7, 2020 ・ Morgan KellyWhile solar power is a leading form of renewable energy, new research suggests that changes to regional climates brought on by global warming could make areas currently considered ideal for solar power production less viable in the future. Princeton-based researchers…
Socolow, Weber recount experiences ‘witnessing’ climate change in essays for Dædalus
October 6, 2020 ・ Morgan KellyPrinceton faculty Robert Socolow and Elke Weber are among 16 prominent climate scientists and scholars featured in the Fall 2020 issue of the journal Dædalus who provided personal narratives about their responsibility to share — and their experiences sharing —…
Long-term COVID-19 containment will be shaped by strength and duration of natural, vaccine-induced immunity
September 21, 2020New research suggests that the impact of natural and vaccine-induced immunity will be key factors in shaping the future trajectory of the global coronavirus pandemic, known as COVID-19. In particular, a vaccine capable of eliciting a strong immune response could…
Lauren von Berg, Class of 2020, publishes research from PEI internship studying Antarctic sea ice
June 16, 2020 ・ Morgan KellyIn the images Lauren von Berg created, the ebb and flow of life in one of Earth’s most inhospitable places undulates across the screen. As a Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) intern at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, von Berg worked…
Hack Graduate Award recipients explore water issues from groundwater cleanup to carbon-capturing crystals
June 4, 2020 ・ Morgan KellyThe Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) has selected seven Princeton University graduate students as 2020 recipients of the Mary and Randall Hack ’69 Graduate Awards for Water and the Environment. The awardees are Francisco Carrillo, Eunah Han, Julie Kim, Aleksander Musiał,…
Local climate unlikely to drive the early COVID-19 pandemic
May 18, 2020 ・ Morgan KellyLocal variations in climate are not likely to dominate the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Princeton University study published May 18 in the journal Science. The researchers found that the vast number of people still vulnerable…
CMI Best Paper Awards recognize postdoc, graduate student published research
May 5, 2020 ・ Holly WellesThe Carbon Mitigation Initiative (CMI) recognized Jane Baldwin, a past postdoctoral fellow in the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI), and Samantha Hartzell, a graduate student in civil and environmental engineering, at the CMI Annual Meeting for outstanding published research. Baldwin received…
