In collaboration with farmers, researchers found that emission intensities from New York state dairy farms were lower per gallon of milk than national estimates and among the lowest reported across continents.
In the U.S., strategically converting a small fraction of land used to grow corn for ethanol to solar facilities could vastly increase energy production per hectare, as well as provide ecological benefits and financial resiliency for farmers.
An anonymous donor has made three gifts to the Department of Global Development to honor the legacy of the late Daniel G. Sisler, Ph.D. ’62: an engaged learning fund that will support faculty-led study trips, a new endowed professorship and a student hub in Mann Library.
Food Science Professor Julie Goddard’s research team has engineered unique enzymes to break down microplastics in sewage and wastewater, a major route of microplastic pollution into the environment.
Steve Reiners, professor of horticulture at Cornell University, shares key steps you can take immediately to help your garden vegetables survive this heat wave.
Joseph McFadden, a professor of dairy cattle biology, studies ways to measure and reduce methane emissions from livestock. He says Denmark's methane tax places an “unnecessary burden” on farmers who need better tools to mitigate and measure emissions.
