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Optimization Technique Identifies Cost-Effective Biodiversity Corridors

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Grizzly Bear
Mercury ID
581780
Sep 27, 2016

A new optimization technique could help conservation biologists choose the most cost-effective ways of connecting isolated populations of rare, threatened and endangered species living in protected areas.

Georgia Tech Examines Impact of Hurricane Katrina

Aug 06, 2015
Georgia Tech, National Academy of Engineering hosted a roundtable discussion on disaster readiness.

Climate Change: Potentially Good News on Methane and Peat Carbon

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SPRUCE climate change experiment enclosure exterior
Mercury ID
584959
Dec 13, 2016

Soil carbon stored in peat bogs may not convert to greenhouse gasses in the face of global warming.

Cold Suns, Warm Exoplanets and Methane Blankets

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Carl Sagan portrait NASA
Mercury ID
599747
Dec 11, 2017

Early Earth probably would have frozen solid, if not for greenhouse gasses, and a new model shows how they could have feasibly arisen.

Instability in Antarctic Ice Projected to Make Sea Level Rise Rapidly

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Thwaites Glacier's outer edge
Mercury ID
623047
Jul 08, 2019

Instability hidden within Antarctic ice is likely to accelerate its flow into the ocean and push sea level up at a more rapid pace than previously expected.

Warming Impedes a Coral Defense, but Hungry Fish Enhance It

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Lively Pacific reef
Mercury ID
627035
Oct 02, 2019

Corals exude defenses against bacteria associated with bleaching, but warming disadvantages the defense. Conservation offers limited hope.

Energy Regulation Rollbacks Threaten Progress Against Harmful Ozone

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Coal-fired power plant by day
Mercury ID
628279
Nov 04, 2019

This is what could happen if all endangered regulations that help in the fight against harmful ozone go away.

States Can Lower Electric Bills with Clean Power Plan

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Marilyn Brown
Mercury ID
408421
Jul 27, 2015

Georgia Tech identified least-cost clean power pathways that would lower household electricity bills and reduce carbon pollution.

Lifting Communities with Smart Technology

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Georgia Smart Communities Challenge Winners Map
Mercury ID
606867
Jun 12, 2018

Georgia Smart Communities Challenge helps small and large cities improve quality of life.

Energy Regulation Rollbacks Threaten Progress Against Harmful Ozone

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Coal-fired power plant by day
Mercury ID
628279
Oct 29, 2019

This is what could happen if all endangered regulations that help in the fight against harmful ozone go away.

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