With projections of 9.5 billion people by 2050, humankind faces the challenge of feeding modern diets to additional mouths while using the same amounts of water, fertilizer and arable land as today.
A report based on a spring 2012 energy-use survey at Cornell has been made available online, and the findings could help Cornellians -- from individuals to campus groups -- interested in saving energy.
About 50 students involved with the Cornell University Sustainable Design group are working to research, design and build an affordable sustainable model home in Nicaragua.
Viruses are well known for making people sick, but a new study provides evidence for the first time of viral infections in tiny marine crustaceans called copepods.
Cornell and five other universities have partnered with The Nature Conservancy to establish the NatureNet Science Fellows Program, intended to develop a new breed of interdisciplinary scientists.
A new Cornell minor tackles climate change through interdisciplinary study of the basic physical, ecological and social science of the planetary crisis.
The invasive spotted wing drosophila is wreaking havoc on berry plants throughout New York state and nationwide. Cornell researchers are zeroing in on how to tackle the problem.
Jane Marie Law, associate professor of Japanese religion, explains how religion relates to sustainability, in a Dec. 6 talk sponsored by the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future. (Dec. 12, 2012)
