Cornell and global leaders will come together at Climate Week NYC Sept. 20-27 to discuss some of the world’s most pressing sustainability challenges, including harnessing AI’s power while mitigating its negative impacts.
Bipartisan legislation introduced this month by the co-chairs of the U.S. Senate Oceans Caucus relies on environmental DNA techniques pioneered by retired Cornell Atkinson director David Lodge.
Lake Powell water levels hit records lows this weekend, highlighting a growing threat to water and electricity supplies for millions of people in the American Southwest. Cornell University experts Patrick Reed and Flavio Lehner have been monitoring the driving causes behind the water drop, and how bad it could get in the coming decades.
A study led by Cornell researchers suggests the real-world potential of “enhanced weathering” — spreading crushed basalt on farmland as a way to removed CO2 — may be far smaller than widely cited estimates.
Doctoral student Sylvana Ross and a team of Cincinnati youths spent their summer studying city-dwelling insects, amassing data that can inform decisions that support healthy green spaces.
Timur Dogan is an associate professor of architecture and the director of the Environmental Systems Lab at Cornell University. His lab develops simulation tools to study and design for extreme heat.
Jose Andres is a Faculty Fellow at the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability who studies ecological and conservation genomics/environmental DNA. He comments on the Trump administration's team-up with Colossal Biosciences, a private company, to preserve cells, tissue and DNA from threatened and endangered species.
Cornell University climate scientist Flavio Lehner and professor of practice in public and ecosystem health Alistair Hayden talk about the extreme heat hitting large swaths of the United States.
