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Echoes of Extinctions: Novel Method Unearths Disruptions in Mammal Trait-Environment Relationships

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Profiles of two eastern African elephants walking side by side. (Photo: Jess Hunt-Ralston)
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<p>While most species have gone extinct, eastern Africa is home to vibrant natural communities of mammalian megafauna, including elephants, zebras, hippopotamuses, antelope, giraffes, and many others. (Photo: Jess Hunt-Ralston)</p>

Mercury ID
671625
Sep 06, 2023

Their novel approach showed how mammal traits evolved with changing environments over time and revealed factors that contributed to biodiversity loss.

Georgia Tech Making Waves in Tsunami Research

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Volcanic Tsunami Simulator
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<p>The volcanic tsunami simulator, developed by Georgia Tech researchers, gets a test run in an Oregon State wave basin.</p>

Mercury ID
671539
Aug 30, 2023

Researchers develop volcanic tsunami simulator to closely study potential natural disasters

Thinning Ice Sheets May Drive Sharp Rise in Subglacial Waters

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March 2, 2015: Image taken by the Operational Land Imager onboard Landsat 8. (NASA Earth Observatory)
Mercury ID
671437
Aug 21, 2023

Up to twice the amount of subglacial water that was originally predicted might be draining into the ocean – potentially increasing glacial melt, sea level rise, and biological disturbances.

Georgia Tech Researcher Leads $6 Million NASA Astrobiology Study

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FrankRosenzweig
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<p>Frank Rosenzweig, professor in the School of Biological Sciences</p>

Mercury ID
675131
Aug 14, 2023

NASA awarded $6 million to a research team led by Georgia Tech’s Frank Rosenzweig to study how compartmentalization drives evolution.

NSF RAPID Response to Earthquakes in Turkey

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Grad student Phuc Mach places a node
Mercury ID
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.

Aluminum Materials Show Promising Performance for Safer, Cheaper, More Powerful Batteries

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McDowell battery 1
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<p>Graduate student researcher Yuhgene Liu holds an aluminum material for solid-state batteries.</p>

Mercury ID
671185
Jul 19, 2023

The team’s new battery system could enable electric vehicles to run longer on a single charge and would be cheaper to manufacture — all while having a positive impact on the environment.

Balancing Act of Hurricane Season Sways With Climate Change

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3D Render of Category 4 Major Hurricane Fiona east of Florida. Getty Images.
Mercury ID
672670
Jul 06, 2023

Forecasts call for a near-normal hurricane season, but climate change could make future seasons more unpredictable than ever before.

Secretary of Energy Discusses Clean Energy

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Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm
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<p><span><span>Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm visited Georgia Tech </span></span>to talk about clean energy. (Photo by Allison Carter)</p>

Mercury ID
671066
Jun 29, 2023

Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm visited Georgia Tech to talk about President Joe Biden's investment in clean energy.

Georgia Tech Researchers to Lead Pioneering Space Wargaming Series

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Space Wargaming Series.jpeg
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<p>Mariel Borowitz and Jon Lindsay of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs will help lead a series of public wargaming exercises to test the limits of U.S. deterrence strategies in space.</p>

Mercury ID
671037
Jun 26, 2023

Mariel Borowitz and Jon Lindsay of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs will help lead a series of public wargaming exercises to test the limits of U.S. deterrence strategies in space.

Scientists Unearth 20 Million Years of ‘Hot Spot’ Magmatism Under Cocos Plate

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Mantle plumes, shown in red, have been identified around the world. (Ingo Wölbern, via Wikimedia Commons)
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<p>Mantle plumes, shown in red, have been identified around the world. (Ingo Wölbern, via Wikimedia Commons)</p>

Mercury ID
670990
Jun 20, 2023

A team of scientists led by Georgia Tech have observed past episodic intraplate magmatism and corroborated the existence of a partial melt channel at the base of the Cocos Plate.

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