A global analysis by Cornell researchers found that recycling all the human and livestock feces and urine on the planet would contribute substantially to meeting the nutrient supply for all crops worldwide, thereby dramatically reducing the dependency on fossil fuels.
Liquefied natural gas leaves a carbon footprint that is 33% worse than coal, when processing and shipping are taken into account, according to a new Cornell study.
Victoria Beard, a professor of city and regional planning and director of the Cornell Mui Ho Center for Cities, comments the growing threat of water shortages in cities around the world.
John Tobin, professor of practice at Cornell’s SC Johnson College of Business and a former Managing Director and Global Head of Sustainability at Credit Suisse, comments on climate negotiations between the U.S. and China.
Aquaculture expansion in the Amazon could improve nutrition and environmental outcomes, but it also poses risks, according to research in Nature Sustainability.
Rudik will work in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where he will lead work to connect economic analyses with environmental decision-making.
