Video: Global lessons from Princeton's microclimate

By Teresa Riordan on July 28, 2011, noon
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In mapping the microclimate of Princeton's campus, Elie Bou-Zeid, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, hopes to better understand how local environments affect the global climate -- and vice versa.

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