Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Cornell is a global leader in sustainability and climate change research, teaching and engagement. Our campuses are living laboratories for developing, testing and implementing solutions that address these most challenging issues.


Plant cell wall mechanics inform how to grow usable forms

Cornell scientists work toward engineering plants and other organisms to grow into usable, biodegradable forms.

Cornell Atkinson-The Nature Conservancy awards promote biodiversity, climate resilience

Six projects led by Cornell and The Nature Conservancy researchers have been awarded grants from Cornell Atkinson.

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Lab of Ornithology hits 2 billion bird sightings, 3 million recordings

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology and its eBird program, a participatory-science platform in which anyone around the world can submit bird sightings and sounds for scientists to use in research, recently hit a pair of major milestones.

New pesticides provide challenging alternatives to neonicotinoids

Options other than neonicotinoids can help farmers who grow large-seeded vegetable crops such as snap bean, dry bean and sweet corn.

Cornell chemists tackle climate change

As the need to find climate change solutions becomes ever more urgent, Cornell chemists are leading the way with innovative and far-reaching discoveries, including better electric batteries, carbon capture technologies, renewable plastics and improvements in solar cells. 

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Inaugural CUNY Honors Connect cohort presents research

This summer, Cornell Tech welcomed the first-ever cohort of the City University of New York (CUNY) Honors Connect program, which culminated in a showcase of student-led research on July 31.

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Engaged Opportunity Grants connect students with hands-on community projects

The Einhorn Center for Community Engagement awarded nine grants to a diverse array of projects that connect classroom learning with community partners.

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‘Marine camp’ brings Long Island kids to the beach

Each summer at Jones Beach State Park, Cornell Cooperative Extension Nassau County and partners engage more than 200 local kids, often from under-resourced communities, with marine wildlife and ecology, water safety and sustainability education.

Food technology students triumph at national competition

For decades, Cornell's food science students have dominated a national competition. This year, it was a near-sweep.