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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.

Georgia Tech Included in Major Water Desalination Research Initiative

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Water desalination
Mercury ID
627790
Oct 18, 2019

Georgia Tech is part of a new effort to address water security issues in the United States.

El Nino Swings More Violently in the Industrial Age, Hard Evidence Says

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El Nino globe images 1997 and 2015
Mercury ID
629307
Nov 25, 2019

Hard evidence now says: El Nino and the climate phenomenon that drives it have become more extreme in the industrial age.

Exoplanet Axis Study Boosts Hopes of Complex Life, Just Not Next Door

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Alpha Centauri AB
Mercury ID
629146
Nov 20, 2019

An exoplanet study on axis tilts raises hopes that advanced life may exist elsewhere in the universe.

Georgia Tech Energy Policy Researcher Writes About ‘Green New Deal’ in ‘Scientific American’

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Marilyn Brown
Mercury ID
617552
Dec 17, 2019

The article focuses on the jobs impact of the proposed environmental legislation.

Adhesive Formed From Bee Spit and Flower Oil Could Form Basis of New Glues

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Honeybee
Mercury ID
593355
Mar 27, 2019

Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology are looking at that mixture of ingredients as a model for a bioinspired glue because of its unique adhesive properties and ability to remain sticky through a range of conditions.

Smoke from Wildfires Can Have Lasting Climate Impact

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Okefenokee Swamp Wildfire
Mercury ID
591981
May 22, 2017

Researchers have found that carbon particles released into the air from burning trees and other organic matter are much more likely than previously thought to travel to the upper levels of the atmosphere, where they can interfere with rays from the sun.

Brake Dust May Cause More Problems Than Blackened Wheel Covers

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Traffic in Atlanta
Mercury ID
588204
Mar 02, 2017

Though tailpipe emissions could fall in the years ahead as more zero-emission vehicles hit the streets, one major source of highway air pollution shows no signs of abating: brake and tire dust.

Robotic Submarine Snaps First-Ever Images at Foundation of Notorious Antarctic Glacier

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Thwaites Glacier's outer edge
Mercury ID
623047
Jan 29, 2020

These are the first-ever images taken at the foundations of the glacier that inspires more fear of sea-level rise than any other - Thwaites Glacier.

Volcanic Activity Does Not Contribute to El Ninos, Hard Evidence Says

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El Nino globe images 1997 and 2015
Mercury ID
629307
May 19, 2020

Physical evidence has spoken, and it clearly says that volcanic activity does not push El Nino and La Nina events.

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