Life Sciences and Biology | Sustainability at Georgia Tech

NSF Sustainable Nanotechnology Center Includes Georgia Tech Researchers

Aug 31, 2015

Georgia Tech is among a dozen institutions that are part of the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology, a $20 million research center.

Coral Reef Researcher Wins Explorer’s Club Honor

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468501

Nov 11, 2015

Georgia Tech Teasley Professor Mark Hay has received the Lowell Thomas Award from the New York-based Explorers Club.

“First Arrival” Hypothesis in Darwin’s Finches Gets Some Caveats

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590944

Apr 26, 2017

Researchers have extended the hypothesis for how early arriving species gain an ecosystem advantage through adaptive radiation.

Rising Temperatures Threaten Stability of Tibetan Alpine Grasslands

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Test plots to study climate change effects on the Tibetan Plateau

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591620

May 10, 2017

A warming climate could affect the stability of alpine grasslands in Asia's Tibetan Plateau.

Four Communities Selected for Inaugural Georgia Smart Communities Challenge

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Georgia Smart Communities Challenge Winners Map

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606867

Jun 12, 2018

Albany, Chamblee, Chatham County and Gwinnett County will implement smart development through a Georgia Tech-led program.

Rising Tundra Temperatures Create Worrying Changes in Microbial Communities

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623061

Jul 08, 2019

Rising temperatures could affect the microbial communities in northern latitude tundra.

El Nino Swings More Violently in the Industrial Age, Hard Evidence Says

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629307

Nov 25, 2019

Hard evidence now says: El Nino and the climate phenomenon that drives it have become more extreme in the industrial age.

Exoplanet Axis Study Boosts Hopes of Complex Life, Just Not Next Door

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Mercury ID

629146

Nov 20, 2019

An exoplanet study on axis tilts raises hopes that advanced life may exist elsewhere in the universe.

Brake Dust May Cause More Problems Than Blackened Wheel Covers

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588204

Mar 02, 2017

Though tailpipe emissions could fall in the years ahead as more zero-emission vehicles hit the streets, one major source of highway air pollution shows no signs of abating: brake and tire dust.

Polluted Dust Can Impact Ocean Life Thousands of Miles Away, Study Says

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536351

May 16, 2016

A new modeling study conducted by researchers in Georgia Tech shows that for decades, air pollution drifting from East Asia out over the world’s largest ocean has contributed to oxygen levels falling in tropical waters thousands of miles away.

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