Rapid Screening of Manure Storage Additives to Reduce Emissions and Enhance Fertilizer Benefits (Multi-NGO)

In the U.S., dairy manure storage protects water quality and provides an important fertilizer source for farmers’ fields, but it also emits significant amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas,…

Expanding AnyTown USA Wastewater Treatment Facilities into Local Microgrid Hubs

Wastewater treatment facilities are promising hubs for integrating food-water-energy systems. However, most of these facilities do not recover energy or nutrients, and they account for up to 4% of all…

Get the Lead Out: Alternative Ammunition Can Solve a One Health Conundrum

Lead is a well-known toxin. Despite successful efforts to remove it from gasoline, paint, household products and drinking water, lead persists in hunting ammunition and continues to harm the humans,…

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Rapid Small-Scale Manure Tests (RSSMT) to Screen Manure Additives to Steer the Development of Larger Mesocosm Projects

Slurry manure storages used widely by dairy farms to protect water quality are an unintended yet substantial source of methane, ammonia, and other emissions that impact climate, air quality, and…

Making Farm-to-Fork Food Safety More Sustainable

…project examines the impacts of pre-harvest food safety practices for preventing wildlife from entering fields on surface water quality. The project will provide growers with a conceptual framework that they…

Influence of Long-Term Trends in Tropical Pacific Sea Surface Temperatures on Atmospheric Rivers and their Impacts in Western North America

Atmospheric rivers are important drivers of regional hydroclimate variability in Western North America, providing moisture for municipal water use, irrigation, and hydropower – but they also pose a flood and…

Bridging the NYS Rural and Urban Divide through a Public ‘Internet of Things’

…water metering. This statewide, public “Internet of Things” infrastructure will bridge the digital divide between rural and urban areas, spur new economic activities, and be a game-changer for sustainability. [This…

Taking the Quicksilver out of Gold Mining

…food and water systems, while helping communities build alternative livelihoods. The team will also develop strategies for rehabilitating forest land degraded by mining. [Thanks to a generous gift from David…

Preparing for Earth Source Heat

An enhanced geothermal system could bring clean, renewable heat and a smaller carbon footprint to Cornell by 2035. Cornell’s Earth Source Heat (ESH) project will use hot water from deep…