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cover of the 2023-2030 Sustainability Next Plan

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The seed grant program reaches many faculty members from a diverse array of disciplines due to the generous support provided by broad-based…
Omar Isaac Asensio

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Researchers suggest that states should regulate data transparency to improve the reliability of electric vehicles.
A view of Greenland's ice sheet from the NASA/USGS Landsat 8 satellite showing meltwater lakes on a glacier. (Credit: NASA)

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Simple equations are revealing how topography controls supraglacial lake size in Antarctica — and why it matters for climate predictions.
NOAA Iridescent Clouds

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Georgia Tech researchers analyze seasonal differences of SO₂ and sulfate concentrations in the atmosphere over decades to determine the long-term…
A flare burns natural gas at an oil well on Aug. 26, 2021, in Watford City, N.D.

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Despite the relatively modest scale of investment in clean energy by oil and gas companies so far, there are several business reasons oil companies…
An arial photo of the SPRUCE experiment.

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A new study is unearthing how and why peatlands are producing carbon dioxide and methane. 
2025 SEI External Faculty Fellows with their Georgia Tech Hosts

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The Strategic Energy Institute (SEI) at Georgia Tech concluded its third cohort of Energy Faculty Fellows in August, welcoming a diverse…

Tech Tower

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Ryan Lively and Matthew McDowell are recognized for pioneering work in sustainable chemical engineering and advanced battery technologies.
Drawdown dashboard

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The climate solutions tracker features a county-by-county breakdown of which technologies could most benefit the environment.
Rampi Ramprasad

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The project addresses one of the world’s most pressing challenges in sustainability: eliminating plastic waste.

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Georgia Tech's iconic Tech Tower with the Atlanta midtown skyline in the background
New York Post
Georgia Tech's iconic Tech Tower with the Atlanta midtown skyline in the background
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Georgia Tech's iconic Tech Tower with the Atlanta midtown skyline in the background
Yahoo! News

Dr. Tim Lieuwen highlighted the need for efficient energy storage solutions and the use of existing natural gas infrastructure to…

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Scientific American
Walter de Heer, a professor of physics at Georgia Institute of Technology, holds a molecular model of graphene in his lab.
Wall Street Journal

A team of scientists have determined graphene, the same substance found in common pencil lead, can act as a semiconductor. Walter…

Georgia Tech's iconic Tech Tower with the Atlanta midtown skyline in the background
TechXplore

It was a good year for technology research and development, and nothing made the news more often than energy research efforts.…

Panasonic's Powder-Powered batteries to charge EVs
Wired

Sila, Gleb Yushin's battery materials company, will begin supplying to Panasonic, one of the largest EV battery manufacturers.

A geothermal production well and the Blundell Geothermal Power Plant near Milford, Utah. This well provides 400 degree steam and hot water from deep underground to run the turbines at the power plant. Credit: Jon G. Fuller/VW Pics/ Universal Images Group via etty Images
Scientific American

The potential of geothermal energy as a carbon-free power source is well known. Now companies such as Google are helping to unlock…

ORNL’s Climate Change Science Institute and Georgia Tech co-hosted a Southeast Decarbonization Workshop in November 2023. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy
ORNL News

November 29, 2023

Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Climate Change Science Institute and the Georgia…

A truck is parked betwenn brine evaporation ponds at Albemarle Corp's Silver Peak lithium facility, Oct 6, 2022, in Silver Peeak, Nev. The Energy Department is making a push to strenghten the U.S. battery supply chain, announcing Wednesday, Nov 15, 2023, up to $3.5 billion for companies that produce batteries and the critical minerals that go into them. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Associated Press

While the funding may not have been make-or-break for them, Matthew McDowell, associate professor of engineering at Georgia…