Environmental Sciences

NIH Caps Could Hurt Research

‘The system is not broken, so the attempt to fix it is bewildering,’ says Dean Michael Gordin

Pariah or Partner?

Nawaf al-Sabah ’94 believes Kuwait Petroleum can address climate change even as it produces thousands of barrels of oil a day

Professor Cassie Stoddard and the Mysteries of Bird Vision

Ruth Metzel ’10’s Work Is Helping Restore the Forests of Panama

‘To have your thesis come alive into a movement — that is something’

Princeton Engineers Say Retroreflective Materials Could Cool Cities

These researchers say measures can decrease temperatures in urban settings by nearly 5 degrees

PAWcast: How to Make People Care About Climate Change

John Marshall ’87 and Jessica Lu ’17 say our most urgent global crisis has a public relations problem

Princeton Celebrates Award-Winning Scholars at Alumni Day 2024

Wilson Award winner Fei-Fei Li ’99, Madison Medalist John Fitzpatrick *78 speak about their paths in science

Tessa Desmond Explores the Stories of Seeds

Princeton Engineers Use Wireless Signals to Pinpoint Fruit Ripening

“The food waste problem is huge,” says assistant professor Yasaman Ghasempour

Seeking Sustainability in Buildings, Princeton Invests in Mass Timber

Ning Lin *10 Studies Extreme Weather

PAWcast: Professor Forrest Meggers on Princeton Going Zero Carbon

Princeton is ‘actually taking the bull by the horns, so to say, and radically transforming the energy infrastructure on campus’

Humans as Nature

Princetonians in the environmental humanities add new dimensions to climate research

Ching-Yao Lai *18 Studies Melting Ice and More

Bill Urschel ’78 Is Documenting Climate Change in Alaska

‘If we can share some of the wonders of Alaska with others, we believe that people will care more about the natural world’

Migratory Birds Flock to Anina Gerchick ’76’s Ecological Art

Living sculptures can reconnect migration routes like stones across a stream

PAWcast: Paul Wapner *91 on Reviving Connections to the Natural World

“There’s a part of human experience which is fundamentally unpredictable”