Run by the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, the fund delivered payments and provided support to growers who planted cover crops and reduced tillage on nearly 15,000 acres in western and central New York.
When bats lose access to their habitat and natural food sources, they seek food on agricultural lands - new research explains why, when their diets change, they shed more virus and infect more hosts, increasing the risk of outbreaks and pandemics.
As devastating wildfires burn in Southern California, firefighters are managing low water resources and, beyond the blazes themselves, residents deal with the impacts of worsening air quality. Cornell experts can discuss water management challenges in the region and wildfire smoke impacts on air quality and human health.
Climate and environment legal scholar, Leehi Yona, comments on a Montana Supreme Court ruling that affirmed youth plaintiffs have a right to a “stable climate system.”
A study tracked users of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Habitat Network platform, comparing "citizen science" and "environmental stewardship" labeling in the environmentally focused yard mapping tool.
Anne Thompson, NBC News’ chief environmental affairs correspondent, has been named the spring 2025 Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Alistair Hayden, a former division chief of the California Earthquake Early Warning Program at the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services and a professor of practice in public and ecosystem health, comments on a magnitude 7 earthquake struck off the coast of California.
A new mapping approach piloted by Cornell researchers could help policymakers identify where people live in extreme poverty and target resources more effectively.
