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WFU SUAS Lab Enables Unprecedented Access to Seabird Colonies

Another drone is set to take to the skies from the campus of Wake Forest University. Unlike its predecessors, however, this one is not destined for the rainforests of Peru but for the rugged and remote islands of the East Pacific. With funding from CEES, […]


Threat to biodiversity in Peru’s Cloud Forest

Researchers at Wake Forest have pieced together startling new evidence that shows rapid 21st century warming may spell doom for tree species in Peruvian cloud forests, with species losing up to 96 percent of their current populations. The team’s results appear in the Sept. […]


Funding Opportunities, Fall 2012

The Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (CEES) announces funding opportunities for research, scholarship, and working groups related to energy, environment and sustainability as broadly defined.  The grants seek to provide new opportunities for research and scholarly activities at Wake Forest. Though the center was […]


Research in the news

Research is one of the most important ways to tackle the questions of sustainability.  Read below to find out about some of the amazing research that is going on at Wake Forest in the areas of energy, environment and sustainability:   Find out what […]


CEES awarded research grant funding

Researchers with the Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (CEES) have won two grants to help fund research and projects in the next year. NASA awarded $46,260 to help fund groundbreaking research in the Andes region. Forests on tropical mountains are where much of […]


Google Earth Meets Kiva: Wake Forest Team Launches Acre+Care

Acre+Care is a revolutionary system that uses direct investment to protect the Amazon Rain Forest through e-commerce. Think Google Earth meets Kiva. Through Acre+Care, donors can help protect an acre of concession land in Peru. It was developed at Wake Forest in collaboration with […]


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