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.
Concerns about the Seine River’s cleanliness have caused delays in some Olympic swimming events in Paris despite a $1.5 billion cleanup effort. Brian Rahm,a biological and environmental engineering expert, says Paris’ ancient infrastructure and climate change will continue to muddy the waters.
Nominations are open for the AI for Sustainability Visiting Professorship, designed to bring faculty scholars from across the world to Cornell to tackle pressing global challenges in sustainability through the power of artificial intelligence.
Semida Silveira, a professor of practice in systems engineering and former sustainability expert at the Swedish Energy Agency, comments on a newly announced Climate Finance Action Fund (CFAF), being developed as part of a COP29 "action agenda."
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.
The MyCoast New York app has already provided forecasters and emergency managers with a new understanding of flooding around the state, as sea levels rise and storms intensify.
Atkinson Hall officially opened its doors with a ribbon-cutting ceremony April 9, realizing its benefactors’ vision of the facility as a home for impact-driven research across grand challenges in sustainability, cancer biology and immunology, nutrition, global health and computational biology.
Students, scientists and artists have joined forces to present a Cornell University Library exhibit designed to spread awareness about non-native plants and insects threatening ecosystems in New York state.
Anne Thompson, NBC News’ chief environmental affairs correspondent, has been named the spring 2025 Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist in the College of Arts and Sciences.
