An inter-department consortium of researchers from across the campus who collectively study the biology, chemistry, physics, geology, social science, policy and culture of the oceans.

Cornell Oceans provides training of undergraduate and graduate students through academic programs, coursework, and research experiences spanning a wide range of academic units. Cornell Oceans also supports faculty by promoting exchange and collaboration among its members.

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Southern Ocean warming leads to wetter East Asia, Western US

The Southern Ocean – between Antarctica and other continents – will eventually release heat absorbed from the atmosphere, leading to projected long-term increases in precipitation over East Asia and the Western U.S.

  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Climate Change
  • Environment
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Fellows will spend the year developing a community-engaged course, project or publication, while also joining a network of scholars committed to advancing the university’s public engagement mission.

  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
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Better surveillance of marine mammals that wash up on beaches and in marshes will provide more accurate estimates of how many individuals of many species are dying and the causes of those deaths, according to a new study published Sept. 4 in Marine Mammal Science.
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Researchers studying artificial intelligence training data and treatment of swelling linked to breast cancer are among the eight Cornell assistant professors who recently received National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development...

  • Computational Biology
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Biology
Sea cucumber for sale in a market

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After sampling food markets in Chinatown districts, Cornell researchers found evidence that some threatened species of sea cucumbers – a pricey, nutritious delicacy – get sold to consumers.

  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Organisms