Mark Lynas, a visiting fellow at the Cornell Alliance for Science and author of “Nuclear 2.0: Why a Green Future Needs Nuclear Power,” comments on California's vote to keep open the state's last remaining nuclear plant.
Students in this year's Grand Challenges Project helped businesses that decrease hunger and food waste, including dreaming up product ideas for a company that makes snacks out of edible insects.
The project, dubbed AUGER (Accelerating Use of Geologically-driven Engineering & Reclamation), was awarded $739K of funding from NSF’s Convergence Accelerator to support translational research combining x-ray and hyperspectral imaging capabilities at CHESS with remote sensing techniques to link macroscale data with microscale mineral properties to create predictive mining insights.
Cornell researchers have successfully transferred key regions of a highly efficient red algae into a tobacco plant to dramatically improve plant productivity and increase carbon sequestration.
Nexus Scholars working this summer with Juno Salazar Parreñas are studying how human health is intricately connected to the health of animals, plants and the environment.
Students and employees can explore sustainability features of the Ithaca campus, and learn about programs like the sustainable events certification, sustainability & climate course list, and more by participating in the virtual scavenger hunt.
In sea fireflies’ underwater ballet, the males sway together in perfect, illuminated synchronization, basking in the blue-like glow of their secreted iridescent mucus.
Ariel Ortiz-Bobea, an applied economist with expertise in agricultural, environmental and energy policy, comments on extreme heat affecting communities across Europe, the U.S. and elsewhere.
