Symposium looks at developing biofuel research
Global warming, oil's role in national security and bolstering rural economies are all pressing issues today, and developing biofuels in a sustainable way is essential for the U.S. economy, noted researchers, Dec. 14. (Dec. 20, 2007)

Major study concludes that global warming is killing off coral
If world leaders do not immediately engage in a race against time to save the Earth's coral reefs, these vital ecosystems will not survive the global warming and acidification predicted for later this century. (Dec. 13, 2007)

CU team says county can cut its 'carbon footprint' by two-thirds
A study by a team of Cornell professors estimates that Tompkins County could reduce its contribution to global warming by two-thirds by better managing existing technologies and investing in proven renewable energy sources. (Dec. 4, 2007)

New projects include apple, biofuel and invasive species research
The USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service will fund 94 new programs this year, including projects that teach youths to cook to promote healthy eating. (Oct. 30, 2007)

Researchers explore power of plants to clean up soils
Researchers from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences are exploring the potential of plants to clean up polluted soils. (Oct. 30, 2007)

Two gifts will advance energy and sustainability research
Two of the major gifts to Cornell announced this week will help support sustainability and energy research on campus through the new Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future. (Oct. 19, 2007)

CU helps Zambian farmers reap profits so they won't poach
In an effort to improve lives and save African wildlife, Cornell researchers are helping farmers in Zambia develop such products as peanut butter and tofu under the It's Wild! brand name. (Oct. 16, 2007)

New book helps landowners with ponds
"The Pond Guidebook," a new Cornell Cooperative Extension booklet, is full of advice for pond owners in the Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. (Oct. 9, 2007)

Lake Source Cooling monitoring may become part of larger network
Cornell's monitoring of Cayuga Lake water quality could become part of a much more extensive system, if the several organizations currently monitoring the lake and surrounding watershed can work together. (Oct. 5, 2007)

CU professors create sustainability courses
Faculty members from such fields as engineering, biology, architecture and communication are using academic courses this fall to evaluate options for a cleaner, greener Cornell campus. (Oct. 4, 2007)

Doctors get hands-on wilderness medicine training
More than 150 participants heard from Cornell faculty and emergency doctors about wilderness medicine and survival during the Northeast Wilderness Medicine Conference, Sept. 26-28, at Cornell. (Oct. 3, 2007)

Why some species 'explosively diversity' -- and why some don't
Researchers at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology have found evidence that the 'drying up' of Australia over the past 20 million years triggered an explosive diversification of skinks. (Sept. 19, 2007)

Scientists test promising road kill disposal method: composting
Cornell scientists are teaming up with the New York State Department of Transportation to test a promising and effective new method of disposing of deer killed by motorists: composting. (Sept. 13, 2007)

Calling all bird-watchers: Scientists need your help
To see the effects of global climate change, scientists in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Project FeederWatch say they need new and veteran participants alike to help count birds. (Sept. 12, 2007)

New Shoals Marine Lab course looks at sustainability issues
This past June, faculty at Shoals Marine Lab launched a two-week intensive course that showed how solving sustainability problems requires an interdisciplinary approach. (Sept. 6, 2007)

Watching grass grow becomes critical in hunt for new biofuels
Cornell researchers are analyzing every aspect of some field grasses in a multidisciplinary, high-octane search for the next generation of biofuels. (Sept. 5, 2007)

200 teens learn about urban forestry and harbor ecology
Teens from New York City low-income neighborhoods participated in 'Island Explorers,' a Cornell outdoor adventure and environmental education program, on historic Governors Island in New York Harbor. (Aug. 29, 2007)

Forgo bottled water -- and soda -- to save the planet
Bottled water wastes energy and hurts the environment, asserts Cornell extension associate Jennifer Wilkins in this Cornell Perspectives opinion piece. (Aug. 22, 2007)

Shoals adds wind turbine, takes lead in island sustainability
A new wind turbine on Appledore Island, home of Shoals Marine Lab, symbolizes the lab's efforts to make Appledore a case study for innovative sustainable practices. (Aug. 6, 2007)

New turbine on Shoals a sustainable engineering feat
A new wind turbine at the Shoals Marine Lab was specially designed to meet strict state codes for seabirds. (Aug. 6, 2007)

Pollution causes 40 percent of deaths worldwide, study finds
About 40 percent of deaths worldwide are caused by water, air and soil pollution, concludes Cornell's David Pimentel. Such environmental degradation, coupled with the growth in world population, are major causes behind the rapid increase in human diseases worldwide. (Aug. 2, 2007)

Assessing levies for by-catch could fund conservation measures
Fishing industry lines accidentally catch so many seabirds and turtles that their populations are being threatened. One solution offered by a Cornell researcher and an Australian government scientist is to assess fines when threatened species are caught and killed. (July 16, 2007)

Changing climate will challenge NE agriculture, CU expert warns
Farmers will grapple with new and aggressive crop pests, summer heat stress and water problems that could strain family farms to the limit, warns David Wolfe, a Cornell expert on the effects of climate change on agriculture. (July 11, 2007)

Larry Walker hosts summit on renewable energy
Leaders from industry, government and academia gathered at Cornell June 24 to 26 for the 2007 New York Renewable Energy Summit, focusing on renewable energy research and business development. (June 29, 2007)

Global Labor Institute tackles climate crisis with trade unions
Even steelworkers are taking climate change very seriously, said Leo Gerard, president of United Steelworkers, at the ILR School's Global Labor Institute meeting on labor and the climate crisis, in May. (June 19, 2007)

Helping chlorine-eating bacteria clean up toxic waste
By combining lab experiments with computer modeling, Cornell researchers hope to learn how bacteria that break down pollutants do their job and then make them more effective in cleaning up toxic waste. (June 14, 2007)

Universities are the best hope for energy solutions, DiSalvo says
Only universities are able to take the long view and assemble the interdisciplinary expertise needed to solve the world's energy problems, said Professor Frank DiSalvo, speaking during Reunion Weekend. (June 12, 2007)

New Visions gives area high school seniors a semester at Cornell
The New Visions program gives high school seniors an on-campus opportunity to explore careers in agriculture and environmental sciences. (June 11, 2007)

Cornell team will compete to build 100-mpg car
Cornell faculty, engineering students and MBA candidates are planning to compete for the Automotive X Prize, which offers a multimillion-dollar award for the team that builds a practical, marketable 100-mpg car. (June 7, 2007)

Deadly fish virus VHSV spreading throughout Great Lakes Basin
The viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus has been identified in 19 fish species in the Great Lakes Basin and is approaching epidemic proportions, says Paul Bowser, professor of aquatic animal medicine. (May 17, 2007)

'Green' lamp incorporates its waste shavings as components
Design professor Jack Elliott has created an award-winning pendant lamp that uses its own aluminum waste shavings, or swarf, as the diffuser, embodying the 'green' principles of reducing, reusing and recycling. (May 16, 2007)

Conference assesses priorities for federal research funding
Research related to the effects of climate change should be a high priority for applied federal research funds at Cornell, said participants at a daylong conference May 9. (May 14, 2007)

Decimation of bee colonies has various causes, CU expert says
Parasites, pathogens and pesticides are all possible suspects in the staggering decline of honeybees, said Cornell associate professor of entomology Nicholas Calderone, during a media teleconference May 10. (May 11, 2007)

Using soil to lock up carbon could help offset global warming
In the journal Nature, Cornell biogeochemist Johannes Lehmann writes that an economical way to help offset global warming is to pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere by charring biomass without the use of oxygen. (May 11, 2007)

New eco-lawn guidelines: Focus on mowing, not early fertilizing
Most lawns in New York already have enough phosphorus and don't need supplementation, especially if clippings are left on lawns, according to recent research by Marty Petrovic of Cornell. (May 7, 2007)

Prenatal toxicity linked to immune dysfunctions in later life
A Cornell researcher has found that people who had been exposed to prenatal toxins and develop later-life diseases have in common an imbalanced immune system and hyperinflammatory responses. (May 2, 2007)

Campus Environmental Colloquium stresses action
Don't just analyze but act and act now, said presenters at the April 28 Environmental Colloquium at Telluride House. Cornell researchers debated conservation and sustainability concerns. (May 1, 2007)

Campus Environmental Colloquium stresses action
Don't just analyze but act and act now, said presenters at the April 28 Environmental Colloquium at Telluride House. Cornell researchers debated conservation and sustainability concerns. (May 1, 2007)

CU launches forestry education Internet seminars for landowners
A monthly seminar series on forests and woodlot management is being offered in an interactive Web format and will teach participants strategies to enjoy and utilize their property. (April 30, 2007)

After 14 years, nine-spotted lady beetle rediscovered
Cornell researchers believe that the rediscovery of New York state's official insect, the nine-spotted lady beetle, promises a brighter future for this rare species. (April 17, 2007)

Innovations: Professor's biodegradable composites go to market
Biodegradable composites made entirely from plant materials, developed by Professor Anil Netravali, promise to save landfill space, reduce environmental carcinogens and boost the local economy. (April 11, 2007)

CIT develops strategies for printing green at Cornell
Cornell Information Technologies' Net-Print increasingly finds ways to turn white paper into green by charging for printing, doubling-up and watermarking. (March 21, 2007)

New biofuel stove using grass pellets heats up the Big Red Barn
A grass-pellet stove has been installed in the fireplace of Cornell's Big Red Barn -- the first public demonstration of such technology in New York state. (March 6, 2007)

Climate changes, cod collapse have altered North Atlantic ecosystems
Climate change plays a role in ecosystem changes along the continental shelf waters of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, reports a Cornell oceanographer in the Feb. 23 issue of Science. (Feb. 22, 2007)

Corals that can fight global warming may one day help fragile reefs
Global warming is threatening corals, reported Cornell's Drew Harvell at the AAAS meeting Feb. 18. But some corals can fight diseases as temperatures rise and may provide clues in how to protect other fragile coral reefs, she said. (Feb. 20, 2007)

Fish extinctions alter critical nutrients in water, study shows
A Cornell study using computer simulations has teased out how extinctions of freshwater fish can affect the availability of certain nutrients that other species rely on. (Feb. 20, 2007)

Students develop activities on global warming for science museums
An interactive family forum on global warming and a series of hands-on science activities for children and families were featured at Ithaca's Sciencenter Feb. 17. (Feb. 20, 2007)

Skorton forms committee to consider climate-neutral policies
President David Skorton is 'inclined' to sign a commitment obligating Cornell to institute a plan to make the campus 'climate neutral,' and he has formed an advisory committee to report in 10 days. (Feb. 13, 2007)

Wildlife conservation project will send CU researchers to Zambia
Cornell is partnering on a wildlife conservation project in Zambia that saves animals' lives by addressing a powerful threat: Poverty and hunger that force families to poach or clear-cut forests to create temporary farm fields. (Feb. 7, 2007)

Come spring, expect fewer blooms, say Cornell horticulturists
With record warmth throughout the Northeast in December and early January, expect fewer blooms on flowering trees and shrubs in the spring, say Cornell experts. (Jan. 29, 2007)

Endangered fish saved: Shortnose sturgeon rescued in Hudson River
For the first time, a fish identified as endangered has been shown to have recovered -- and in the Hudson River near New York City, report Cornell's Mark Bain and colleagues in the online publication PLoS ONE. (Jan. 24, 2007)

Cornell and local transportation officials adopt biodiesel fuel
Thanks to efforts by sustainability intern Ethan Rainwater, Cornell and several city and county agencies will use the biodiesel blend B5 instead of standard diesel fuel. (Jan. 19, 2007)

$10 million grant will help revamp biofuel research labs
To advance technologies that convert perennial grasses and woody biomass to ethanol, Professor Larry Walker will use a $10 million grant to upgrade Cornell's industrial biotechnology laboratories. (Jan. 18, 2007)

CU research of Chinese cotton farmers named a top story of 2006
A Cornell study of Chinese cotton farmers and pesticides was named one of the top six environment stories and the 30th most important science story of the year by Discover magazine. (Jan. 15, 2007)