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Climate Change

Climate News

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News

Local adaptation may buffer some birds against climate change

North American song sparrows may be more resilient to climate change thanks to a remarkable adaptation: a stunning range of body sizes found throughout the bird’s westernmost range.

  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Climate Change
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Maps reveal biochar’s potential for mitigating climate change

New maps, made from a global dataset of crop residues, reveal areas where biochar may be sustainably produced, offering a path to lowering atmospheric carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas.

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Climate Change
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Osterhoudt Farms partners with CALS through US Dairy Net Zero Initiative
Established as a dairy farm in 1957, the Osterhoudt family of Genoa, New York, now operates a crop and custom harvest operation. The farm owners, Mark Osterhoudt and his family, and their certified crop adviser and on-farm agronomist Andy Miller...
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
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Adding crushed rock to farmland pulls carbon out of the air
Adding crushed volcanic rock to cropland could play a key role in removing carbon from the air. In a field study, scientists at the University of California, Davis, and Cornell University found the technology stored carbon in the soil even during an extreme drought in California. The study was published in the journal Environmental Research Communications.
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Department of Global Development
  • Agriculture

Degrees & Programs

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Events

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Seminar

Development Through Inclusive Agriculture & Food Systems - Our Shared Futures
Perspectives in Global Development: Fall 2023 Seminar Series Abstract The world is at an interesting crossroads where one cannot deny the rapid strides it has made, some interesting parities that technologies like ICT has brought in bridging the...
  • global development
  • Climate Change
  • agriculture
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Conference

Gardening in a Warming World
Gardeners are keen observers of what is required to grow healthy plants of all types and sizes. New strategies and solutions to the problems presented by cultivating living things are often contemplative acts. These actions will hold gardeners...
  • Gardening
  • Sustainable Landscaping
  • Climate Change
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Conference

Principles and Practices of Ecological Gardening
Understanding the core principles and practices of an ecological garden will help you rebuild your garden ecosystem, with its natural feedback loops that result in greater abundance, lower pest pressure, and natural disease resistance, and...
  • Gardening
  • Sustainable Landscaping
  • Climate Change
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Seminar

Balancing Environmental Protection and Economic Development: Perspectives from the Global South
Perspectives in Global Development: Spring 2023 Seminar Series Abstract Drawing on examples of their own work in Burundi, South Korea, Tanzania, Uzbekistan and Zimbabwe, Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows will showcase how to balance themes of...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
  • Climate Change