Since 2009, NASA has funded and built two climate satellites that promised to obtain data on the ever-changing Earth climate. However, both spacecrafts now reside somewhere off the coast of California on the ocean floor due to similar flight mishaps.
The first man to reach all three poles — the North Pole, the South Pole and the summit of Mount Everest — in a single year visited campus to raise awareness about climate change.
Using geological technologies, Michael Bevis Ph.D. '78 is doing research that could help scientists better understand the consequences of climate change.
A delegation of Cornell researchers will join the fight against climate change Monday in the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico.
On Nov. 4, Roots and Shoots – a student group that centered on environmental education – hosted a lecture on the interconnections between climate change, women’s rights and political issues as part of their Environmental Justice and Film Speaker Series.
On Oct. 14 and 15, students from the major sustainable groups on campus convened for an international, Global Work Party Day. The goal of the event was to inspire action against climate change.
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.”
The National Science Foundation has granted a team of Cornell scientists $3 million to conduct research on the potential effects of climate change on amphibious species and their ecosystems.
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