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Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

To connect with a Cornell faculty member or expert, please contact the Media Relations Office.

France’s nuclear bet is a ‘risky move’

October 12, 2021

Max Zhang, a sustainable energy systems expert, comments on France's decision to invest €1bn in nuclear power by 2030.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Physical Sciences & Engineering
Engineering

Blocking sun’s rays not ‘substitute’ for cutting emissions

June 28, 2023

The European Union will reportedly look into blocking rays from the sun as a possible option to combat climate change.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Howarth: EPA must hold even small producers responsible for methane leaks

November 2, 2022

As oil and gas drillers ask the EPA to exempt small wells from forthcoming rules requiring producers to find and fix methane leaks, Robert Howarth, a professor of ecology and environmental biology and a faculty fellow at Cornell’s Atkinson Center for Sustainability, comments on the impacts of methane emissions.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Space tourism lowers cost for everyone, ‘democratizes’ space

March 31, 2022

Blue Origin launched another space tourism rocket this morning from West Texas, becoming just the fourth human spaceflight by the company.

science

Why the Turkey, Syria earthquake was so destructive

February 7, 2023

Geoffrey Abers is a geophysicist and chair of the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Cornell University and says this earthquake was particularly destructive because it occurred on land at shallow depths in the Earth’s crust.

International

‘No excuse now’: Biden methane regulation comes tech ready

November 2, 2021

John Albertson is a professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Robert Howarth, a professor of ecology and environmental biology, comment on new Biden administration regulations on methane emissions.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Physical Sciences & Engineering
Engineering

Rumored iPhone 13 updates may reduce the digital divide

September 3, 2021

Stephen Wicker says iPhones that can directly connect to the internet will greatly reduce the digital divide and increase competition in a marketplace currently dominated by the duopoly of cable and ADSL.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

SpaceX crew launch signals future of sustainable space exploration

September 15, 2021

Cornell University expert available to discuss the future of commercial space travel. 

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Here’s why Texas gas pipelines can’t handle the cold

February 23, 2021

Frank Lomax, an adjunct professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and an expert on the production of synthesis gas as well as plant design, construction and safety analysis, explains why pipelines in Texas can't handle the cold.

Physical Sciences & Engineering
Engineering

Europe’s energy crisis shows electricity and gas still ‘intimately’ tied

October 27, 2021

Jacob Mays, an assistant professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University, comments on a global energy crisis making gas prices soar in Europe.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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