Researchers found that cooperative partnerships seeking to spread the cost burden of water infrastructure projects often end up forcing local partners to bear the brunt of supply and financial risks.
Robert Howarth, a professor of ecology and environmental biology and a faculty fellow at Cornell’s Atkinson Center for Sustainability, comments on the Biden administration's newly announced hydrogen regional hubs — to be supported with $7 billion in federal funds.
Scientists build a small "outhouse" to collect fecal samples from woodpeckers. They want to uncover the role that woodpeckers play in the emerald ash borer invasion.
To help local emergency managers assess danger, Cornell researchers have created the Mortality Estimation Tool to map predicted, smoke-attributed mortality statistics in near-real time.
Each summer at Jones Beach State Park, Cornell Cooperative Extension Nassau County and partners engage more than 200 local kids, often from under-resourced communities, with marine wildlife and ecology, water safety and sustainability education.
Eating flours, burgers and fitness bars made from crickets, mealworms or black soldier fly larvae could help feed a growing global population sustainably, but it might hit resistance from those who follow halal or kosher regulations.
More than 80% of global land area needed to maintain human well-being and meet biodiversity targets is at risk of conflict with human development, according to a new study led by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
A study identifies microbes that potentially play important roles in breaking down harmful PFAS chemicals and points to functional genes that may be involved.
Max Zhang, the Irving Porter Church Professor in Cornell Engineering’s Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, has been appointed the provost’s fellow for public engagement.
Cornell researchers have tested an ecological tool in the fight to control weeds in silage soybean and corn fields: adding carbon to soil in the form of sawdust and rye hay.
