Princeton scientists found that the Bering Land Bridge, the strip of land that once connected Asia to Alaska, emerged far later during the last ice age than previously thought. (Sigman, Farmer, Pico ’14 mention)

The work of climate modelers informs public policy and influences strategies for mitigating risks and adapting to change.

Princeton climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer first came to the attention of climate activist Greta Thunberg in 2019, the year of the children’s strike that made the Swedish teenager a household name across the globe.

Jan 18, 2023, 9:00 am – Jan 20, 2023, 2:30 pm
A workshop focused on spatially-structured microbial communities in real-life environments e.g., the ocean, ground beneath our feet, and animal hosts.

CLAIM: Climate change isn’t real because hurricanes in Florida and across the U.S. haven’t increased in frequency, intensity or landfall in more than a century. (Vecchi mention)

A new project has been awarded the Dean for Research Innovation Fund for New Industrial Collaborations: Diamond identification using tomographic ultrasound. Jeroen Tromp, the Blair Professor of Geology, will explore the use of ultrasonic imaging techniques to…

An exploratory project to investigate the benefits of farming seaweed in the open ocean has been selected for funding from Princeton’s Dean for Research Innovation Fund for the Sustainability of Our Planet…

As climate change progresses, reports show it makes hurricanes more destructive and intense. Gabriel Vecchi, a geoscience professor, director of The High Meadows Environmental Institute and deputy director of the Cooperative Institute for Modeling the Earth System at Princeton University, joins "CBS News Mornings" to detail how…

It took less than 3 hours for Hurricane Ian to strengthen from a Category 3 to a Category 4 and was almost a Cat 5 when it made landfall and scientists are warning storms are going to become more frequent and more intense in the years to come. The question is why? Professor of geosciences…