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.
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.
The shipping industry dramatically cut sulfur emissions, resulting in diminished cloud cover over the oceans. This caused a global temperature spike in 2023.
Rick Geddes, director of the Cornell University Program in Infrastructure Policy, comments on new rules approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for building-out and updating the nation's electric grid.
Rick Geddes, director of the Cornell University Program in Infrastructure Policy, comments on the significance of forthcoming rules for nationwide transmission grid reform.
