Earth and Environment

Georgia Tech Earns STARS Silver Rating for Its Campuswide Contributions to Sustainability

Jul 02, 2021
Georgia Tech recently achieved a STARS silver rating by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).

Global Warming, a Dead Zone and Mysterious Bacteria

A submerged carrousel of collector tubes begins its descent to the oxygen minimum zone off of Mexico's Pacific coast. Credit: Dr. Heather Olins
Aug 03, 2016 - Atlanta, GA
While global warming shrinks ice caps, it's expanding “oxygen minimum zones,” where newly discovered bacteria are depleting waters of nitrogen, a nutrient essential to life. This could be creating imbalances.

Taking Shape: The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design

This perspective demonstrates how the Living Building's "porch" integrates the building with the Eco-Commons to the west. Image courtesy of The Miller Hull Partnership in collaboration with Lord Aeck Sargent.
Apr 18, 2018
The earth is finally beginning to make way for The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design.
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