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UrbanAg Goes Global

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<p>Students at the Kendeda rooftop garden</p>

Mercury ID
674472
Aug 01, 2024

The UrbanAg project goes global as a group of seven members travels to Singapore.

Visualization Tool Helps Oceanographers Predict Sediment Sample Hotspots

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Mercury ID
674331
Jul 11, 2024

A new data visualization tool designed by a Georgia Tech Ph.D. student is helping a team of microbial ecologists, geobiologists, and oceanographers gain more insight into how deep-sea microorganisms interact within their environment.

The Geometry of Life: Physicists Determine What Controls Biofilm Growth

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Microscopic image of biofilm on rock, Image Credit: NASA
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<p>Microscopic image of biofilm on rock, Image Credit: NASA</p>

Mercury ID
674326
Jul 09, 2024

Up to 80% of infections in human bodies can be attributed to the bacteria growing in biofilms, and understanding how biofilms grow could lead to critical insights on controlling them.

Researchers Help Maritime Industry Navigate Toward Sustainability

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<p>Ocean shipping, the backbone of international trade, is significantly more energy efficient than air or land transport. However, cutting down on ocean freight carbon emissions will require a great deal of collaboration and effort.</p>

Mercury ID
674168
Jun 11, 2024

Georgia Tech researchers are developing sustainable ocean shipping solutions to meet global emissions targets through eco-friendly fuels, optimized supply chains, and life-cycle assessments.

From Roots to Resilience: Investigating the Vital Role of Microbes in Coastal Plant Health

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<p> Georgia Tech researchers surveying field sites in the salt marshes of Sapelo Island, Georgia.</p>

Mercury ID
674019
May 15, 2024

Understanding how salt marsh grass stays healthy is of crucial ecological importance, and studying the ways bacteria interact with these plants is key.

Tropical Revelations: Unearthing the Impacts of Hydrological Sensitivity on Global Rainfall

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Jie He
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<p>Jie He, assistant professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, wants to predict how rainfall will change in the presence of continuing climate change. — Photo by Jerry Grillo</p><p> </p>

Mercury ID
673964
May 08, 2024

Georgia Tech researcher investigates how rainfall will change as Earth’s atmosphere heats up.

James Stroud Named Early Career Fellow by Ecological Society of America

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James Stroud examines an anole (Day’s Edge Productions)
Mercury ID
673890
Apr 30, 2024

Stroud joins nine newly appointed Fellows and ten ESA Early Career Fellows, elected for "advancing the science of ecology and showing promise for continuing contributions" in the field.

Unique Program Offers Campus Research Opportunities for Online Students

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A variety of brightly colored Lake Malawi cichlids share a freshwater aquarium.
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<p>An Adobe Stock image of a variety of brightly colored Lake Malawi cichlids sharing a freshwater aquarium.</p>

Mercury ID
673878
Apr 29, 2024

A new collaboration is paving the way for OMSCS students to connect with interdisciplinary research projects in labs across campus.

New Approach Could Make Reusing Captured Carbon Far Cheaper, Less Energy-Intensive

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<p>A new electrochemical reactor design developed with Marta Hatzell by postdoctoral scholar Hakhyeon Song (middle) and Ph.D. students Carlos Fernández and Po-Wei Huang (seated) converts carbon dioxide removed from the air into useful raw material. Their approach is cheaper and simpler while requiring less energy, making it a promising tool to improve the economics of direct air capture systems. (Photo: Candler Hobbs)</p>

Mercury ID
673849
Apr 25, 2024

A team led by Marta Hatzell designed a new electrochemical reactor to seamlessly integrate into direct air capture systems and turn CO2 into useful raw materials.

Climate Action Plan Provides Road Map to Net-Zero Emissions 

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<p>Cover of the Georgia Tech Climate Action Plan.</p>

Mercury ID
673667
Apr 05, 2024

Georgia Tech’s Climate Action Plan outlines mitigation and adaptation strategies for reaching net-zero emissions on campus by 2050 and contributing to global solutions through education and research.

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