A new television program, 'From Farm to Table,' which airs in the Albany area but is also available online, can help consumers take full advantage of the culinary bounty of the region and eat more healthfully. (Nov. 18, 2008)
A detailed analysis of black carbon - the residue of burned organic matter - in computer climate models suggests that those models may be overestimating climate change predictions. (Nov. 18, 2008)
CAUSE, a Cornell program in New York City, prepares low-income, minority high schools students with college-readiness science skills. On Sept. 27, the students presented their research projects. (Oct. 4, 2011)
Cornellians involved with campus sustainability called a universitywide Feb.11 meeting of more than 50 campus departments and organizations 'a historic moment' for Cornell. (Feb. 13, 2008)
Embedded microsensors being developed at Cornell will measure water stress in grapevines and will help vintners strike the precise balance between drought and overwatering. (July 6, 2009)
Shoals Marine Laboratory on Maine's Appledore Island will offer some two dozen courses this summer, not only for college students but also for adults, families and high school students. (March 22, 2011)
Hundreds of unions representing workers in the global transport industry agreed to take significant steps to counter climate change at a conference in Mexico City last month. (Sept. 1, 2010)
In a Science policy forum piece, co-author Laurie Drinkwater says that fertilizer is often used way too much or too little across the world, and both extremes have substantial human and environmental costs. (June 19, 2009)
A Cornell study's contention that hydraulic fracturing would be worse for climate change than burning coal is being challenged by another study, also by Cornell researchers. (March 2, 2012)
Cornell's Cooperative Extension-NYC's 'Living Green' program is teaching residents in 30 affordable housing residential buildings how to live 'greener' and more healthfully.