cos-climate | Sustainability at Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech Chosen as Partner Institution for World-Leading Climate Center

<p>A project rendering for the New York Climate Exchange (The Exchange) on Governors Island in New York City. The center is slated to open in 2028.</p>

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670621

Apr 24, 2023

Georgia Tech will be a key partner for the New York Climate Exchange (The Exchange), a first-of-its-kind international center for developing and deploying dynamic solutions to the global climate crisis.

Georgia Tech Experts Weigh In on Massive Turkey-Syria Earthquake

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665796

Feb 14, 2023

Faculty with ties to Turkey and earthquake research are closely monitoring the situation.

The Plants Seeking Refuge Across Our Dynamically Changing Planet

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Spruce-fir boreal forest in western North Carolina

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665472

Feb 06, 2023

Researchers investigate how trees have moved across geography over time, where they’re heading, and why it’s important.

Georgia Tech Launches Climate Action Planning Process

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659863

Jan 10, 2023

Georgia Tech strives to be a leader in climate action across the Institute’s operational, educational, research, and economic development missions.

Robot Provides Unprecedented Views Below Antarctic Ice Shelf

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IceFin maps the Ross Ice Shelf near Kamb Ice Stream. (Icefin/NASA PSTAR RISE UP/Schmidt/Quartini)

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666419

Mar 03, 2023

The Icefin robot’s unprecedented look inside a crevasse, and observations revealing more than a century of geological processes beneath the ice shelf, are detailed in a new paper in Nature Geoscience.

Vice President’s Visit Brings Climate Change Discussion to Forefront

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665631

Feb 09, 2023

With the Ferst Center filled to the brim Wednesday, Georgia Tech hosted Vice President Kamala Harris for a discussion about the climate crisis, which she called a transformational moment in America.

Long-Term Lizard Study Challenges the Rules of Evolutionary Biology

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671990

Oct 09, 2023

By lassoing lizards, putting tiny chips on their legs, and tracking them for three years, Georgia Tech’s James Stroud revealed why species often appear unchanged for millions of years despite Charles Darwin’s theory of constant evolution.

Machine Learning Predicts Biodiversity and Resilience in the Coral Triangle

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