David Lodge, the Francis J. DiSalvo Director of Cornell Atkinson, urges federal agencies to expand adoption of environmental DNA technologies, which enable faster, cheaper, more accurate environmental reviews.
Cornell hosted the second New York Soil Health Summit Dec. 13, bringing together those who aim to assist growers in mitigating and adapting to climate change while protecting farmer livelihoods and rural economies.
As world governments prepare the first-ever Global Stocktake, assessing whether they are living up to climate targets, Cornellians’ research is playing a critical role.
Human urine could be a handy resource in tending home gardens and compost piles, thanks to an interdisciplinary collaboration between two Cornell Engineering students and plant scientist Rebecca Nelson.
Eilyan Bitar, a renewable energy integration expert, comments on a new initiative aimed at creating a solar grid across the Middle East, South Asia and Southeast Asia.
In a watershed “human vs. machine” moment, a machine learning algorithm has detected tricky blue whale calls in sound recordings with greater accuracy and speed than human experts.
Mary Nichols, a senior visiting fellow at the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and a former chair of the California Air and Resources Board, comments on efforts in California to help oil industry workers transition to green jobs.
Rachel Bezner Kerr, an author of the latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, comments on its findings and implications.
Can humans endure long-term living far from our home planet? Maybe, according to a new theory that describes the need for gravity, oxygen, obtaining water, developing agriculture and handling waste.
