School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Sustainability at Georgia Tech

Did Earth’s Early Rise in Oxygen Support The Evolution of Multicellular Life — or Suppress It?

Artist rendering of early Earth (Photo credit: NASA)

May 14, 2021

A new study is taking the air out of a hypothesis linking early Earth’s oxygenation to larger, more complex organisms. Georgia Tech researchers report a more complex effect

Coastal Glacier Retreat Linked to Climate Change

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659470

Jul 19, 2022

Researchers have developed a methodology to determine why coastal glaciers are retreating, and in turn, how much can be attributed to human-caused climate change.

The Plants Seeking Refuge Across Our Dynamically Changing Planet

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Spruce-fir boreal forest in western North Carolina

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665472

Feb 06, 2023

Researchers investigate how trees have moved across geography over time, where they’re heading, and why it’s important.

Robot Provides Unprecedented Views Below Antarctic Ice Shelf

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IceFin maps the Ross Ice Shelf near Kamb Ice Stream. (Icefin/NASA PSTAR RISE UP/Schmidt/Quartini)

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666419

Mar 03, 2023

The Icefin robot’s unprecedented look inside a crevasse, and observations revealing more than a century of geological processes beneath the ice shelf, are detailed in a new paper in Nature Geoscience.

Vice President’s Visit Brings Climate Change Discussion to Forefront

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665631

Feb 09, 2023

With the Ferst Center filled to the brim Wednesday, Georgia Tech hosted Vice President Kamala Harris for a discussion about the climate crisis, which she called a transformational moment in America.

Study Reveals Wintertime Formation of Large Pollution Particles in China’s Skies

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<p>Beijing pollution (Photo Kevin Dooley, Creative Commons)</p>

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672402

Nov 16, 2023

School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences researchers find dangerous sulfates are formed, and their particles get bigger, within the plumes of pollution belching from coal-fired power plants.

School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences to Offer Three New Undergraduate Degrees — Including Interdisciplinary Environmental Science Major

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665008

Jan 23, 2023

The expanded undergraduate degree offerings are designed to continue Georgia Tech’s reputation for academic rigor — and also reflect trends in student interests, as well as current and forecasted needs in the job marketplace.

Machine Learning Could be Key to Early Leakage Detection in Underground Carbon Storage Sites

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672627

Dec 20, 2023

The feasibility study by Georgia Tech researchers explores using conditional normalizing flows (CNFs) to convert seismic data points into usable information and observable images. This potential ability could make monitoring underground storage sites more

NSF RAPID Response to Earthquakes in Turkey

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671243

Jul 28, 2023

Zhigang Peng and graduate students Phuc Mach and Chang Ding are using small seismic sensors to better understand just how, why, and when certain earthquakes are occurring.

New Georgia Tech Environmental Science Degree Launches

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670972

Jun 13, 2023

The interdisciplinary Environmental Science (ENVS) degree program, developed by faculty in the Schools of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Biological Sciences, is now enrolling students interested in a wide variety of environment-related careers.

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