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Climate News

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News

NY’s first dairy farm biochar kiln advances green agriculture

An alumnus-owned farm in Union Springs will become New York’s first commercial dairy to run cow manure through a kiln to make eco-friendly biochar – thanks to Cornell agricultural expertise.

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Department of Global Development
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
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New course connects climate change to students’ favorite foods
That concept was the basis for a new course offered for the first time in fall 2023: Using the Power of Food to Confront Climate Change. The one-credit Learning Where You Live course will be offered again this semester . “I think food has power...
  • Climate Change
  • Food
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News

Trying to keep cool, Northeast cities sweated out 2023

In the Northeast, December temperatures helped to make 2023 the warmest year on record for 13 of the region’s 35 major urban areas, including New York City, says Cornell’s Northeast Regional Climate Center.

  • Northeast Regional Climate Center
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Cornell Atkinson
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Field Note

Fabian Gutierrez-Oviedo: Unleashing the power of dietary fats
Fabian Gutierrez-Oviedo is originally from Colombia where he completed his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Tolima. He joined the Cornell Animal Science Department as a graduate student in Fall 2021. At the Joseph McFadden lab...
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
  • Climate Change

Degrees & Programs

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Events

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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
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Seminar

What Might It Cost to Reconfigure Food Systems?
Perspectives in Global Development: Spring 2023 Seminar Series Many reports have been published over the last four years on the urgent need to reconfigure food systems for resilience, sustainability and equity in the face of climate change. But...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
  • Climate Change
Speaker, Barbara Botos

Seminar

Global Climate Emergency. Road from Glasgow to Sharm el-Sheikh
Perspectives in Global Development: Fall 2022 Seminar Series We are in a race against time. We are losing. We live in a world of the triple planetary crisis (environmental pollution, biodiversity loss, climate crisis), which has been exacerbated...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
  • Development
Speaker, Purvi Mehta

Seminar

Development Through Inclusive Agriculture & Food Systems –Our Shared Futures
Due to travel complications, this talk has been cancelled. We hope to reschedule Purvi Mehta's talk in the Spring 2023 semester. Perspectives in Global Development: Fall 2022 Seminar Series The world is at an interesting crossroads where one...
  • Global Development
  • Department of Global Development
  • Agriculture & Food Systems