A little mystery returned to the world this week, while scientists and citizens alike rushed to bring back images from the frontiers of deep space and the natural world.
Six Cornell students were arrested this weekend in Washington, D.C., after protesting the proposed construction of an oil pipeline that would transport oil from Canada’s tar sands to refineries in Texas.
The Department of Environmental Conservation is currently investigating oil found in Fall Creek, which likely originated at Cornell’s Arts and Sciences Alumni Building on 726 University Avenue.
Cornell professors find that extracting natural gas through hydraulic fracturing, otherwise known as "fracking," may worsen the effects of global warming.
Dr. Robin Hadlock Seeley, a senior research associate at the Cornell Shoals Lab, was awarded a $10,000 grant that she plans to use to help spread awareness about environmental issues.
Prof. Joe Regenstein, food science, spoke about three different types of farmers last month: the Family Farmer, the Corporate Farm, and the Gentleman Farmer.
An air pollution major in undergraduate school, Prof. Natalie Mahowald, earth and atmospheric sciences, emphasized the importance of researching climate change. “There are so many interesting scientific questions that need to be addressed, which are very policy-relevant.”
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