Cornell’s Chatrchyan represents Armenia at COP26 talks

Working with the Armenian delegation at COP26, Allison Chatrchyan aims to shape U.N. agriculture policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase carbon sequestration.  

Bitcoin mining yields climate chaos, faculty tell NYS Assembly

Four Cornell faculty testified to the NYS Assembly Oct. 27 on how firing up once-shuttered carbon-based power plants – to process cryptocurrency – could pause environmental progress.

Secrets of quillwort photosynthesis could boost crop efficiency

Researchers have assembled a high-quality Isoetes genome that furthers understanding of how these aquatic plants regulate CAM photosynthesis to compete for carbon dioxide underwater, and how that regulation differs from terrestrial plants.

Scientists bring efficiency to expanding offshore wind energy

Cornell research shows how to make offshore wind farms more efficient in the face of impending rapid expansion, as the U.S. Department of the Interior plans leasing federal waters.

Upgraded facility to study dairy industry emissions

Four climate-controlled respiration chambers will be built in the Large Animal Research and Teaching Unit to study gas exchange of dairy cattle and other livestock with the goal of reducing emissions.

Cornell experts to discuss food, ag trends at Grow-NY Summit

“A Call For Innovation: New York’s Agrifood System,” a report published this past spring by Cornell’s Center for Regional Economic Advancement, is the basis for the topics to be addressed at this year’s Grow-NY Summit, slated to bring food and ag innovators together at the Syracuse Oncenter on Nov. 16-17.

Cornell alumni honored for plant breeding work in Africa

Two Cornell alumni with deep ties to plant breeding efforts in Africa were recognized for outstanding work building capacity to improve food security on the continent. Ronnie Coffman, Ph.D. ’71 and Joe DeVries, Ph.D. ’95 received…

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Scientists, economists aim to make China ag self-sustaining

To reduce global atmospheric greenhouse gas, Cornell food systems expert Mario Herrero shows how China must develop more sustainable, international agricultural trade.

Grad students brew Cornell-themed beer from NYS ingredients

It’s got Finger Lakes hops, malt and cherries, plus Cornell maple syrup. Introducing ‘Gorges Libe-ation,’ a red ale developed by grad students and chock full of New York.