For the world’s deteriorating environment, don’t blame burning fossil fuels exclusively. Land use and land cover changes contribute about 40 percent to “radiative forcing,” a key factor in global warming, according to a new study by Cornell scientists.
Because forest elephants are one of the world's slowest reproducing mammals, it will take almost a century for them to recover from the intense poaching they have suffered since 2002, a study finds.
Boyce Thompson Institute and Cornell researchers have identified a plant protein called DELLA that may lead to reducing phosphorus-fertilizer applications on farms and better plant growth in poor soil.
A resident of Rochester, N.Y., writes how much he appreciated that Cornell student volunteers helped out in Owego after the recently flooding there. (Sept. 20, 2011)
Despite long odds in the struggle to restore oyster reefs and boost the bivalves’ survival, marine restoration professionals may wish to add a tool: paleontological history.
Earlier this year, the Cornell University Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic (CU-PDDC) used a new rapid test they developed to identify a small number of oak trees with oak wilt disease on Long Island.
Wildlife veterinarian Elizabeth Bunting is leading a team to save the lives of the eastern hellbender – a freshwater salamander that can grow to more than two feet long.