How Sewage Treatment Plants Could Handle Food Waste, Sparing Landfills and the Climate
New Industry Standards and Tech Advances Make Pre-owned Electronics a Viable Holiday Gift Option
Faced with new regulations, electronics manufacturers and suppliers didn’t just make small adjustments, such as tweaking their packaging to ensure compliance. They fundamentally rethought their design and manufacturing processes, to create products that use recycled materials and that are easily recyclable themselves.
Coral Reef Recovery Could Get a Boost From an Unlikely Source: Sea Cucumbers, the Janitors of the Seafloor
Mark Hay, Georgia Tech Professor of Environmental Biology, describes research that shows that healthy populations of sea cucumbers enhance the health and resilience of coral reefs.
What is an Atlantic Niña? How La Niña’s Smaller Cousin Could Affect Hurricane Season
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Georgia Tech's Annalisa Bracco and Zachary Handlos describe two climate phenomena with similar names: La Niña, which forms in the tropical Pacific, and the less well-known Atlantic Niña.
The World’s Fourth Mass Coral Bleaching is Underway, But Well-connected Reefs May Have a Better Chance to Recover
Annalisa Bracco, Georgia Tech Professor of Ocean and Climate Dynamics, describes the current situation with ocean head and coral reef health.
Ancient Rome Had Ways to Counter the Urban Heat Island Effect – How History’s Lessons Apply to Cities Today
Brian Stone, Georgia Tech Professor of Environmental Planning, explores the planning strategies of the acient world as they relate to the urban heat island effect.
Hurricane Helene Power Outages Leave Millions in the Dark – History Shows Poorer Areas Often Wait Longest for Electricity to be Restored
Chuanyi Ji, Georgia Tech Associate Professor of Engineering, and Scott C. Ganz, Georgetown University Associate Teaching Professor of Business and Economics, analyzed data from over 15 million consumers over four years. Poorer communities did indeed wait longer for the lights to go back on.
Culture, Conservation Thrive as Great Lakes Tribes Bring Back Wild Rice
Across the Great Lakes Basin in the U.S. and Canada, there’s a growing interest among many tribes and First Nations to lead efforts to revive wild rice.