Mitigating Climate Change Through Restoration of Coastal Ecosystems

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Yale University are proposing a novel pathway through which coastal ecosystem restoration can permanently capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Community Garden Unveils Expansion

First opened in 2012, the Community Garden has undergone a complete transformation. The latest expansion has doubled its square footage, converted the garden to full ADA accessibility, and increased the number of beds to expand access to sustainable produ

Georgia Tech Earth Month Events to Mark on Your Calendar

Earth Day is April 22, but Georgia Tech is celebrating Earth Month with events throughout April highlighting sustainability efforts across campus.

Top: Rich Simmons, Marilyn Brown, Gleb Yushin  Bottom: Valerie Thomas, Hailong Chen, Tim Lieuwen

Driving Change: Georgia Tech Experts Lead in Electrification of America’s Roads

Electric vehicles are becoming increasingly popular, and with economic and environmental impacts colliding, Georgia Tech experts are leading the way in the development of next-generation solutions.

Celebrating the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG) Action and Awareness Week

SDG Week Highlights Sustainable Development Goals

The campus community is invited to participate in a variety of events that increase awareness of and encourage actions that advance the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

A sharpshooter insect forming a urine droplet before it catapulting it high acceleration.

Super-fast Insect Urination Powered by the Physics of Superpropulsion

Atlanta, GA

Tiny insects known as sharpshooters excrete by catapulting urine drops at incredible accelerations. Their excretion is the first example of superpropulsion discovered in a biological system.

Fungi growing on plants in a forest

Mycorrhizal Types Control Biodiversity Effects on Productivity

Atlanta, GA

An international, collaborative team of researchers shed light on how fungi and plant roots work together to gather nutrients — and how the diversity of plant species may impact the process.

The sheer scale of the disaster has left many questions and concerns as crews continue sorting through piles of rubble. Georgia Tech experts have been watching the situation.

Georgia Tech Experts Weigh In on Massive Turkey-Syria Earthquake

Atlanta, GA

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

A school of planktivorous fish sheltering around a coral on a reef in the Solomon Islands in the Coral Triangle. Photo by Mark Hay

Machine Learning Predicts Biodiversity and Resilience in the Coral Triangle

The team's new methodology offers hope for better coral connectivity monitoring and protection in the future.

The cover illustration shows the surface of the halide perovskite structure being modified by a large organic cation. The cation diffuses through the thin film to reconstruct the surface structure. Credit: Advanced Materials

Research Reveals Thermal Instability of Solar Cells but Offers a Bright Path Forward

Atlanta, GA

Their work reveals what goes wrong within the cells’ interface layers.