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Atkinson Academic Venture Fund awards $1.3M to 10 projects
The Atkinson Center is awarding more than $1.3 million in seed grants to support roughly a dozen interdisciplinary research collaborations at Cornell that address key sustainability challenges.
Rachel Hestrin and collaborators from Jimma University visit a facility built to conduct compost experiments in Ethiopia

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Biochar soaks up ammonia pollution, study shows
A Cornell-led study supported by the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future shows that biochar has great potential as a fertilizer because of its ability to soak up nitrogen, and its method for doing so.
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Atkinson Center postdoc fellows address global sustainability
The Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future is welcoming five new postdoctoral fellows, who will study global food systems, health and energy transitions.
Johannes Lehmann speaks with extension officials in western Kenya about soil organic matter

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CO2 soil sequestration plan aims to relieve atmospheric warming
An international group of scientists and other professionals, co-led by a Cornell professor, have offered solutions for sequestering atmospheric carbon.
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Opening pyrolysis kiln offers waste-to-reward reality
Waste could soon become a precious gem as Cornell’s new pyrolysis kiln – the largest of its kind at a U.S. university – opened May 24.
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Trash to treasure: Cornell’s pyrolysis kiln opens May 24
Cornell's new pyrolysis kiln opens May 24, when Johannes Lehmann, professor of soil science, will hold an open house 2-4 p.m., at the Leland Laboratory building.
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Cornell students meet, learn from COP23 world leaders
COP23 is the annual global United Nations gathering where countries grapple with climate change. Seven Cornell students seized a rare opportunity to mingle with key figures from leading non-governmental organizations, businesses and governments around the world.
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Art intervenes at Minns Garden
More than 70 students majoring in environmental and sustainability sciences turned Minns Garden into an ephemeral art gallery under the leadership of Philadelphia-based artist Marion Wilson.
Microscopic view of root hairs growing into carbon particle

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Researchers Discover High-Def Electron Pathways in Soil
Cornell scientists have discovered a new high-definition system that allows electrons to travel through soil farther and more efficiently than previously thought, according to Nature Communication, March 31.

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CALS Faculty Among the Most Cited Researchers in the World

The list compiled by Thomson Reuters names the top 1 percent of researchers in their fields for journal citations over the past decade.

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Grant to Aid Study of Microbes' Role in Soil Carbon Cycle

A project led by Cornell researchers to better understand soil microbes and their role in the carbon cycle has received a three-year, $3.59 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.

  • Microbiology
  • Energy
  • Climate Change
A group of people stand in a field in Awassa, Ethiopia

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‘Climate-smart soils’ may help balance the carbon budget
While farm soil grows the world’s food and fiber, scientists are examining ways to use it to sequester carbon and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. “We can substantially reduce atmospheric carbon by using soil. We have the technology now to...