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In October of 1982, a Brazilian and Paraguayan company known as Itaipu Binacional closed the side canals of the Itaipu hydroelectric dam on the Paraná River in Brazil, launching an ambitious…

The consequences of global warming are being felt worldwide, and rising temperatures are having catastrophic effects through the forms of heatwaves, floods, wildfires, sea level rises, droughts, and…

Coral reefs are both icons of biodiversity and global tourist attractions. By combining web-scraped public Instagram data and aerially mapped live coral cover maps across the main Hawaiian Islands,…

Once a beautiful green park space connecting Trenton residents to the Delaware River, former Stacy Park became a six-lane highway during the 1960’s period of “urban renewal” even…

Robotic swarm inspection for structures offers a flexible, scalable, and cost-effective solution in comparison to human inspection such as the benefit of being resilient to individual failures,…

Our research focuses on three major scales of analysis: global, national, and campus-based. On a macro level, it was evident that an increase of carbon emissions correlated with an increase in global…

The Southern Patagonian Ice Field (SPIF) in Argentina and Chile is the second-largest extrapolar ice field in the world and a critical region for understanding the impacts of climate change on alpine…

Unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) have the potential to transformatively impact numerous industries, including infrastructure inspection, search and rescue, package delivery, and even atmospheric…

Plants use a protein called Rubisco to convert carbon dioxide into organic compounds, allowing them to “make” their own food through photosynthesis. A type of green algae called…

The iconic grassland and sagebrush-steppe plant communities of the Northern Range of Yellowstone National Park have long been a research focus in conservation, largely surrounding debates on whether…

Sea Level rise will significantly impact the livelihoods of coastal communities in the coming century. However, disadvantaged communities may not have the resources to apply for federal funding to…

Mosquitos pose a great threat to human health and the economy due to the diseases they carry which kill thousands of humans every year. The goal of this project was to create a tool that could…

Methane gas produced by decomposing organic matter in landfills is responsible for about 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Imagine if we could eliminate ⅕ of these emissions while creating…

Negative emissions technologies remove emissions like CO2 from the atmosphere to reduce the impacts of climate change. These technologies are critical to meeting global net-zero goals but are…

The use of organic semiconductors (OSCs), i.e, conductive polymers, has risen greatly over the last few decades, as scientists have taken advantage of their unique properties, including greater…

The US produces well over 35 million tons of plastic each year, largely in part due to the great demand for single-use plastics. Polylactic acid, or PLA, is a popular alternative to fossil-fuel-based…