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Hope Among the Pines: A Field Tour in Southeast Georgia Presents Carbon Exchange as Solution

Field tour attendees in Soperton, Georgia.

Jul 28, 2026

The Georgia Carbon Exchange can provide economic incentives to help landowners keep and manage their forests for carbon sequestration, with benefits to impact the entire state.

Yuanzhi Tang Named Fellow of the American Chemical Society

Jul 27, 2026

Yuanzhi Tang, executive director of the Strategic Energy Institute (SEI) and Georgia Power Professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, has been named an American Chemical Society (ACS) Fellow.

Data Centers, Microbes, and the Future of Water Reuse

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680362

May 27, 2026

Metro Atlanta has become a magnet for hyperscale data centers and securing enough cooling water with wastewater reuse has unknown public health risks.

Georgia's Tomorrow and Bald Head Island Conservancy Launch Research Fund, Partnership

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Vibrant 'Spartina alterniflora' salt marsh grass wraps the oxbow of a tidal waterway. (Credit: Bald Head Island Conservancy)

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680049

Apr 23, 2026

The Bald Head Island Conservancy and Georgia Tech for Georgia’s Tomorrow are pleased to announce a formal research fund and partnership.

Researchers Develop Biodegradable, Plant‑Based Packaging From Natural Fibers

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Plastic packaging fills up landfills – engineers are working on a bio-based alternative that could replace the kind shown here. tuk69tuk/iStock via Getty Images

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Plastic packaging fills up landfills – engineers are working on a bio-based alternative that could replace the kind shown here. <a href="https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/white-plastic-bag-on-black-bac… via Getty Images</a>

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679693

Mar 17, 2026

Jie Wu, an engineering graduate student, was studying a type of striking white beetle found in Southeast Asia and attempting to figure out how to mimic its brilliant color when an unexpected discovery upended the experiment.

Georgia Tech Energy Day: Meeting AI’s Growing Energy Demands

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679541

Mar 06, 2026

Join us on March 19 as we explore one of the most urgent questions facing the nation: How do we power an AI‑driven future?

Understanding the Data Center Building Boom

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679428

Feb 24, 2026

Explosive data center growth requires research to inform policies which manage the building of this critical infrastructure.

Yuanzhi Tang Named Executive Director of the Strategic Energy Institute

Yuanzhi Tang

Feb 02, 2026

Georgia Tech has appointed Yuanzhi Tang as executive director of the Strategic Energy Institute (SEI), effective Feb. 1.

Researchers Develop Biobased Film that Could Replace Traditional Plastic Packaging

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A biologically based film made from natural ingredients found in plants, mushrooms, and food waste

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678529

Nov 04, 2025

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a biologically based film made from natural ingredients found in plants, mushrooms, and food waste that can block moisture and oxygen as effectively as conventional plastics

Peatlands’ ‘Huge Reservoir’ of Carbon at Risk of Release

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Yurt-like test chambers in a natural boreal spruce bog in northern Minnesota (provided).

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678444

Oct 23, 2025

Researchers analyzed data from 10, yurt-like test chambers in a natural boreal spruce bog in northern Minnesota.

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