Sustainability news stories from across Cornell University http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=c7656381004c853fee311f6bd7f70938 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:57:13 +0000 http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/ http://blog.acsf.cornell.edu/news/blog/cowen-and-travis-appointed-as-acsf-associate-directors Edwin "Todd" Cowen, professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Alex Travis, associate professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine, will join the David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future (ACSF) as associate directors. 46d93bc8490e2168a1fe78b38c4da10a_7c0fde50e4133200b585482f73f7f5c5 http://blog.acsf.cornell.edu/news/blog/food-for-9-billion-stories-probe-food-climate-connections Food for 9 Billion enjoyed its biggest week yet, with several news stories probing food-climate connections. 46d93bc8490e2168a1fe78b38c4da10a_7ccc5c51f9e0b2faea4ef80550a1dd86 http://blog.acsf.cornell.edu/news/blog/us-trails-in-hydrogen-fueling-stations Hyundai rolled out the first 15 of its new hydrogen-powered sport utility vehicles this month--straight to Copenhagen, since Europe has the necessary fueling station infrastructure. 46d93bc8490e2168a1fe78b38c4da10a_dc8ba1ca65b63680883223ed224ad26a http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2013/06/tour-allure-enjoy-cornells-garden-weedin The Cornell Weed Garden is a scientific utopia that features 85 tenacious, loathsome and sometimes tasty plants. 46d93bc8490e2168a1fe78b38c4da10a_d7a12c87530fec8a900d21da54df43e9 http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2013/06/researcher-study-develop-public-healing-spaces A Cornell researcher leads a team that recently won a $750,000 national award to design, build and research public spaces for healing in the wake of disaster. 46d93bc8490e2168a1fe78b38c4da10a_fb659e8c697df75e40766bb72208036d http://blog.acsf.cornell.edu/news/blog/genome-offers-clues-to-frog-killing-fungus ACSF Faculty Fellow Kelly Zamudio (EEB) was one of an international team of researchers that recently sequenced the genomes of 29 strains of a fungus responsible for the mass killing of amphibians around the world. 46d93bc8490e2168a1fe78b38c4da10a_e54dad949fe4697e7851dd67af8f1fa4 http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2013/05/students-present-vision-revamped-ithaca-waterfront Students in a landscape architecture class submitted an unusual plan for the Ithaca Inlet that has inspired the director of planning and economic development for the city of Ithaca. 7466561c4011b0964615f3796306dc9b_1943ba2bf8a011e6634d911105a5258e http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2013/05/new-dna-cattle-test-beefs-dairy-and-meat-quality A team led by Ikhide Imumorin, Cornell assistant professor of animal genetics and genomics, is the first to apply a new, inexpensive genomics technique to cattle called genotyping-by-sequencing. c2aa53aa883210442010717372dc359a_8e3b55bcab29cbba165ee935d5219f50 http://blog.acsf.cornell.edu/news/blog/not-the-weather-we-grew-up-with Charles Greene (EAS) is quoted in Guardian coverage of climate change and severe weather. c2aa53aa883210442010717372dc359a_7a389e5e880697fe6d55cec9d36233c0 Guardian coverage of climate change and severe weather.]]> http://blog.acsf.cornell.edu/news/blog/chris-barrett-how-to-get-food-aid-right Chris Barrett (AEM), former ACSF associate director of economic development, has been studying poverty, hunger, and the best strategies for food security and economic growth in the developing world for more than two decades. c2aa53aa883210442010717372dc359a_357706c083812fee6b178f759895d075 http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2013/05/clam-fossils-divulge-secrets-ecologic-stability Clam fossils from the middle Devonian era – some 380 million years ago – now yield a better paleontological picture of the capacity of ecosystems to remain stable in the face of environmental change. c2aa53aa883210442010717372dc359a_827be75b8ca23379b17a10142e607bbd http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2013/05/potato-may-help-feed-ethiopia-era-climate-change Graduate student Semagn Kolech will expand sustainable farming in Ethiopia, turning it from a place where it's hard to grow sustainable crops to a place where farming flourishes. c2aa53aa883210442010717372dc359a_23e54607e7ed2ff62454148ecd79c5fd http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2013/05/event-melds-poetry-ecology Historians and writers joined biologists and conservationists at an April 11 event hosted by the Cornell Roundtable on Environmental Studies Topics to discuss the connections between art and science. c2aa53aa883210442010717372dc359a_d87d786a202600246325c3f87937885e http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2013/05/99m-grant-reduce-dairys-environmental-hoofprint Three Cornell scientists have received a five-year, $9.9 million grant to study the environmental impact of dairy production systems in the Great Lakes region. c2aa53aa883210442010717372dc359a_a485a2de47faf339bc7dae6086052446 http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2013/05/adding-veggies-your-diet-helps-cut-global-warming If the carnivorous U.S. population – as a whole – ate a more-vegetarian diet that included eggs and milk products, the environment would be greatly relieved, says a preliminary Cornell study. c2aa53aa883210442010717372dc359a_7d54d0339b6d01e439d44716a22cb78c http://blog.acsf.cornell.edu/news/blog/antarctic-nematodes-and-climate-change Antarctica is one of the world's least hospitable environments. But under its frozen surface, the soil hides a unique ecosystem where microscopic worms called nematodes thrive. c2aa53aa883210442010717372dc359a_34ef23f101b5996128821bfd7b82d806 http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2013/05/nys-climate-change-clearinghouse-offer-info-all To study the effects of global warming, scientists will begin collaborating this summer on the New York Climate-Change Science Clearinghouse, a comprehensive, web-based reference, map and database. c2aa53aa883210442010717372dc359a_46f41d213da4d5bea317980e6337e5c1 http://blog.acsf.cornell.edu/?p=2028 The NYTimes featured Drew Harvell's research and work with the Blaschka collection of glass invertebrates. c2aa53aa883210442010717372dc359a_d862c16db91d5fb6b3e10117bb7ec60b Drew Harvell's research and work with the Blaschka collection of glass invertebrates.]]> http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2013/05/cambodia-uphoff-touts-sri-successes Professor Norman Uphoff discussed the System of Rice Intensification April 5 at the closing session of Cambodia's fourth annual national farmers conference in Phnom Penh. c2aa53aa883210442010717372dc359a_1a093c51ac00df9978225b9911536c50 http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2013/05/energy-harvester-rolls-market-production MicroGen's nanotechnology based energy harvester – researched and developed by the company at the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility – begins commercial scale production this summer. c2aa53aa883210442010717372dc359a_ab81682f01b7837db953ea507158129a http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2013/05/cornell-research-helps-meet-worlds-crop-challenges Two Cornell researchers are world experts in studies of little-known plant transport proteins that may be key to easing the ever-growing global food needs. c2aa53aa883210442010717372dc359a_cf18e2e4958b7be7f6ba40b722c55a78