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Yellow-breasted Bunting bird. Photo by Zhikai Liao.
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October 25, 2023
New Study Identifies Illegal Hunting as a Threat to China’s Wildlife and Global Public Health
Illegal hunting and trading of wildlife in China is becoming a significant threat to biodiversity and public health, according to a new paper by a team of researchers that includes two scholars from the School of Public and International Affairs. It is the first comprehensive assessment of this issue for China. …
Yellow-breasted Bunting bird. Photo by Zhikai Liao.
Denise Mauzerall
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September 28, 2023
Mauzerall Named American Geophysical Union Fellow
Denise Mauzerall has joined exclusive company. She is one of 53 individuals this year to have been elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the world’s largest Earth and space sciences association. The distinction is rare — throughout AGU’s history, only 0.1% of members have ever become Fellows. Mauzerall, the…
Denise Mauzerall
Seema Jayachandran
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September 06, 2023
Whose CO2 is it Anyway? Seema Jayachandran’s Research Explores Alternate Mitigation Efforts
As CO2 emissions continue to climb globally, Seema Jayachandran, a professor of economics and public affairs and co-director of the Research Program in Development Economics, published research in the Journal of Economic Perspectives about alternate strategies for low- and middle-income countries to reduce climate change. In…
Seema Jayachandran
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August 09, 2023
DOJ Declares Accountability is “Essential to Our Democracy” With New Trump Indictments
“CBS Sunday Morning” host Jane Pauley sat on a white chair, flanked by blue-green video boards, and perched in front of a purple background as she introduced Julian Zelizer’s commentary on the historical significance of former President Trump’s indictments. When Zelizer, the Malcolm Stevenson Forbes, Class of 1941 Professor of…
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Waves from sea erode road
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June 20, 2023
Assessment of How Climate Scientists Communicate Risk Shows Imperfections, Improvements
Scientists have long struggled to find the best way to present crucial facts about future sea level rise, but are getting better at communicating more clearly, according to an international group of climate scientists, including Michael Oppenheimer, director of SPIA’s Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment and…
Waves from sea erode road
Zia Mian addresses the First Meeting of State Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Vienna.
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June 05, 2023
SPIA Researchers Named to Pioneering U.N. Nuclear Treaty Scientific Advisory Group
Three members of the Program on Science and Global Security (SGS) in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs have been appointed to the newly launched Scientific Advisory Group of the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). SGS co-director Zia Mian, associate research scholar…
Zia Mian addresses the First Meeting of State Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Vienna.
Denise Mauzerall
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April 19, 2023
Behind the Research: Denise Mauzerall Takes On Worldwide Ecological Problems
Denise Mauzerall wasn’t sure whether she wanted to become a scientist or a lawyer. All she knew was that she wanted to have the biggest impact on the natural world that she could.“Since I was a kid, I’ve been committed to trying to figure out how to solve environmental problems,” says Mauzerall, a professor of environmental…
Denise Mauzerall
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April 19, 2023
From Princeton to Policymakers: Tigers at the State Department Are Helping to Forge International Agreements Around Climate Change
When the last session of week one ended at the 27th UN Climate Change Conference (COP27), held November in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, most diplomats retired to their rooms, keen to recharge after five long, draining days of negotiations. But for Sierra Woodruff ’11, a lead negotiator for the U.S. delegation, work was just…
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January 26, 2023
UK Substantially Underestimates Its Methane Emissions From Oil and Gas Production — And Many Other Countries Probably Do Too
A newer, more accurate method for calculating methane emissions from offshore oil and gas production suggests that the United Kingdom severely underestimates its greenhouse gas emissions. Researchers conclude that as much as five times more methane is being leaked from oil and gas production than reported. Methane is the…
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Turtles and surfers by the shore in Maui, Hawaii. Photo credit: Bing Lin, Princeton University.
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January 09, 2023
Social Media and Aerial Mapping of Sea Floor Reveal That Tourists Love Hawaiian Coral Reefs Just a Little Too Much
A new analysis combining web-scraped social media data and high-resolution reef mapping in Hawaii shows that live coral cover is both a driver of – and victim to – coastal tourism at a regional scale, underscoring tradeoffs and opportunities between the environment and economy in Hawaii and beyond. Coral reefs are vibrant…
Turtles and surfers by the shore in Maui, Hawaii. Photo credit: Bing Lin, Princeton University.