In the shadow of Barbara McClintock’s historic campus shed, plots of foliage thicken in the university’s Climate Change Demonstration Garden. Located at the Cornell Botanic Gardens, these raised beds provide a living illustration of how future temperature conditions may affect plants. “Climate change is one of the biggest challenges we’re facing,” said Sonja…
Cornell Botanic Gardens has expanded the Palmer-Adams Preserve and its Bald Hill Natural Area with a gift of 31.1 acres from Arthur H. Adams ’63, BCV ’65, MEN ’66, and his siblings Andrea A. Hastings and Drew D. Adams. The tract, located on Bald Hill School Road in the town of Caroline,…
According to the National Wildlife Foundation (NWF), over the last 20 years there has been a harsh decline in the amount of time that young children spend outside. This has a significant impact on the health of children’s bodies, minds and spirits. “Our kids are out of shape, tuned out…
Taken from the bottom of the marine food chain, microalgae may soon become a top-tier contender to combat global warming, as well as energy and food insecurity, according to a study by researchers associated with the Cornell Algal Biofuel Consortium, published in the journal Oceanography (December 2016). “We may have…
Students can feel overwhelmed by the pressures associated with getting a top-quality education, but a new website and programming aims – by nature – to lower their stress levels. CUinNature.cornell.edu, which launched this fall, is a clearinghouse for the many natural areas on campus, including the Cornell Botanic Gardens, most just…
Associate Professor of Horticulture, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Research focus on the rise of public gardens in Europe and America, and how these movements reflect societal developments in science, technology, religion, and cultural attitudes, as well as public gardens as agents of social change in urban communities Read his…
Hola from Costa Rica! My name is Molly Chirunomula and I am a Cornell veterinary student in the class of 2019. This summer I am working at The Ara Project, a macaw conservation nonprofit on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. The Ara Project is a captive breeding and release…
David Wolfe talked about vulnerabilities of the New York landscape due to climate change, including increased flooding and pest pressure, as well as strategies for adaptation and mitigation at the September 20, 2011 Inside Cornell session at Cornell’s ILR Conference Center in Midtown Manhattan. Wolfe is professor of horticulture and…
As the university remains in a second-stage drought, Cornell Dining has developed a new recipe to curtail water use. The effort is paying off, and the dining halls are saving 30,000 gallons of water each day. “Water is precious,” said Patricia Wynn, executive director of Campus Life Enterprise Services, the area…
Most people sense that spending time in nature makes them feel good – but now there is solid research showing the quantifiable mental and physical health benefits that result from time spent in forests. As listed on the New York Department of Environmental Conservation website (“Immerse Yourself in a Forest…