The movement involves not only re-establishing heritage foods, but also bolstering the systems that sustain them: irrigation and land access, for instance.
Humanities scholars have an important role to play in the current political struggle to stave off environmental collapse, according to a new book, “The Activist Humanist: Form and Method in the Climate Crisis,” by professor Caroline Levine.
Catherine Kling, an environmental economist and an expert in water quality modeling, and Johannes Lehmann, a professor of soil and crop sciences, comment on sustainable agrowaste management practices and the threat of commercial fertilizer pollution as Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Florida.
Microbes are by far the most important factor in determining how much carbon is stored in the soil, according to a new study with implications for mitigating climate change and improving soil health for agriculture and food production.
“Science Guy” Bill Nye ’77 recalled the state of mechanical engineering when he was a student, and looked ahead to the field’s future at “Sibley 150,” a celebration of 150 years of mechanical engineering at Cornell.
For Cornell students studying environmental science, creating art with naturally dyed yarn, soil paintings to depict climate change and woodcuts featuring poetry brought ecology into focus.
