As soil microbes break down plant residues, they produce a diverse set of molecules, but this diversity starts to fall after the initial phase of decomposition (roughly 32 days). Understanding how soils retain or emit carbon dioxide during this process may inform climate change resilience efforts.
$3 billion in recent private investments in dairy manufacturing have supercharged the need for companies to find new workers. Cornell is helping with extension trainings and bootcamps.
Cornell researchers have discovered a previously unknown way plants regulate water that is so fundamental it may change plant biology textbooks – and open the door to breeding more drought-tolerant crops.
Russell R. Hahn, a leader among weed scientists and fondly known as the “weed warrior” across upstate New York, died Dec. 2, 2024, in Sayre, Pennsylvania.
Kieri Keys spent this summer as one of five undergraduate student managers of her beloved Dilmun Hill, where students have been growing vegetables and building community connections for almost 30 years. This year one of the managers has been dedicated to Dilmun's growing agroforestry projects.