Alistair Hayden, a professor of practice in public and ecosystem health and a former division chief at the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, comments on Canadian wildfire smoke reaching the U.S. and how to improve a national response to future smoke waves.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Health, Nutrition & Medicine

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Cornell Lab of Ornithology filmmaker Gerrit Vyn has been documenting Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve’s birds and wildlife habitats for a documentary project, “America’s Arctic.” In the wake of a Biden administration announcement blocking oil and gas development in the region, images and video assets are available for media use.

Lab of Ornithology

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Cornell University experts are uniquely positioned to discuss what’s at stake for the climate, climate solutions and climate policy in November — with insights on the economy, infrastructure, jobs, public opinion, agriculture policy, energy technology and more.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Law, Government & Public Policy

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Cornell University climate scientist Flavio Lehner notes that the Smokehouse Creek fire, like the Eastland County fires of 2022, sits geographically near a dividing line between regions of the country that are forecast to experience either more or less precipitation in the future.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

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John Tobin, professor of practice at Cornell’s SC Johnson College of Business and a former Managing Director and Global Head of Sustainability at Credit Suisse, comments on climate negotiations between the U.S. and China.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Victoria Beard, a professor of city and regional planning and director of the Cornell Mui Ho Center for Cities, comments the growing threat of water shortages in cities around the world.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Architecture, Art and Planning

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Michael Hoffmann, professor emeritus at Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and lead author of Our Changing menu: Climate change and the foods we love and need, comments on the climate stresses facing cacao and chocolate production.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

International

Economics and Business

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Amanda Rodewald, professor and senior director of the Center for Avian Population Studies at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, comments on the United Nation's first-ever report on the state of migratory species.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Chloe Ahmann, a historical and environmental anthropologist whose work focuses on Baltimore, industrialism and environmental justice, comments on Baltimore's role as a major coal exporter and argues that recovery from the Key Bridge collapse represents a time to listen to residents impacted by coal shipping.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Arts and Sciences

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Art Wheaton, an expert on transportation industries and director of labor studies at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, comments on Tesla's first deliveries of its highly scrutinized Cybertruck.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

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