Environment | Sustainability at Georgia Tech

Two Cuban brown anoles, Anolis sagrei (Credit: Day's Edge Productions)

Two Cuban brown anoles, Anolis sagrei (Credit: Day's Edge Productions)

AI’s Energy Demands Spark Nuclear Revival

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Dec 13, 2024

The Georgia Tech-led study captures two lizard species adapting in response to competition. The study provides some of the clearest evidence to date of evolution in action.

At the Intersection of Climate and AI, Machine Learning is Revolutionizing Climate Science

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Jan 10, 2025

Professor Anna Erickson highlights the reopening of Three Mile Island Unit 1 as a crucial step in meeting the growing energy demands of AI data centers with carbon-free nuclear power, aligning with Microsoft's sustainability goals.

Researchers launch a a lightweight, balloon-borne instrument to collect data. "To keep advancing, we need scientists who can determine what data we need, collect that data, and solve problems," Bracco says. (NOAA)

Researchers launch a a lightweight, balloon-borne instrument to collect data. "To keep advancing, we need scientists who can determine what data we need, collect that data, and solve problems," Bracco says. (NOAA)

New Georgia Tech Environmental Science Degree Launches

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Jan 22, 2025

A Georgia Tech-led review paper recently published in Nature Reviews Physics is exploring the ways machine learning is revolutionizing the field of climate physics — and the role human scientists might play.

Earth (Credit NASA/Joshua Stevens)

With Recent Funding, Sea Level Sensor Project in Savannah Moves into New Phase

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Jun 13, 2023

The interdisciplinary Environmental Science (ENVS) degree program, developed by faculty in the Schools of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Biological Sciences, is now enrolling students interested in a wide variety of environment-related careers.

Georgia Tech Research Targets ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water

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Apr 20, 2022

The rising sea levels along Georgia’s Savannah coast and an uptick in more severe storms during hurricane season are bellwethers to looming ecological challenges stemming from climate change.

Yongsheng Chen, Bonnie W. and Charles W. Moorman IV Professor in environmental engineering at Georgia Tech

LA Fires Trigger Temporary Spike in Airborne Lead Levels

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Feb 16, 2025

Professor Yongsheng Chen leads a multi-university team using machine learning to discover PFAS-removing membranes.

The Atmospheric Science and Chemistry mEasurement NeTwork (ASCENT) site collects real-time data during the Los Angeles wildfires. Courtesy: Haroula Baliaka

The Atmospheric Science and Chemistry mEasurement NeTwork (ASCENT) site collects real-time data during the Los Angeles wildfires. Courtesy: Haroula Baliaka

Using Hemp in Building Insulation Could Make Structures Greener, Create Jobs, and Be a Profitable Industry

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Feb 20, 2025

The fires enabled the first real-time data on airborne lead, thanks to a pioneering air quality measurement network.

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From left, Kelly Farmer, Akanksha Menon, Joe Bozeman, and Arjun Ramshankar with a package of traditional fiberglass insulation and a rack holding samples of potential hemp-based insulation materials created by graduate student Elyssa Ferguson in Menon's lab. The team has published an analysis outlining a path toward a viable hemp-based building insulation market in the U.S. Hemp insulation can be used in place of traditional fiberglass batt insulation and reduce the carbon footprint of buildings, but hemp materials currently cost twice as much. (Photo: Candler Hobbs)

How Earth's Early Cycles Shaped the Chemistry of Life

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Feb 27, 2025

CEE researchers’ analysis outlines path to a U.S. construction market for hemp-based fibers, which are already used for clothing and biodegradable plastics.

In the Painted Desert of Northern Arizona (shown here in a palette of purples), wet-dry cycling has contributed to the formation of the colorful layers visible in the landscape. (Credit: USGS)

In the Painted Desert of Northern Arizona (shown here in a palette of purples), wet-dry cycling has contributed to the formation of the colorful layers visible in the landscape. (Credit: USGS)