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Ethan Coffel Receives NSF Award to Study Climate and Agriculture
Ethan Coffel, assistant professor of geography and the environment in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, has received a $582,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in support of his research on agriculture as a driver of…
Building a Fossil Fuel Free Future
Expert: Electrification Is the Key to a Sustainable Future for Buildings If you’ve been on the market for a new home, properties with a natural gas-powered stove were probably promoted as especially valuable. How Americans heat and cook in their…
Earth Day: A Call to Action on the ‘’Cuse Conversations’ Podcast
Earth Day is an annual opportunity to celebrate our planet and its resources. It is also a day to act on climate change. The changing climate is already making natural disasters more frequent and severe, making it imperative to take…
Have a Voice on Climate Issues on Campus! Check Your Inbox for Sustainability Survey This Week
In an effort to gain feedback and insights directly from the campus community with the goal of effecting positive change in our sustainability and climate practices, Sustainability Management has created both a student and a faculty and staff survey which…
New Sustainability Leadership Program Aims to Create Visionary and Ethical Leaders
Climate change and environmental degradation are among the greatest challenges facing our planet. Humanity has solutions in hand to address the impacts of climate change, yet we are not making the necessary adjustments quickly enough. Sustainability leaders can help address…
Media Tip Sheet: Climate Change and Outdoor Recreation
Climate change is a big part of our everyday conversation around the world. Robert Wilson, an associate professor in the geography and environment department at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, recently expressed concern about the impacts…
Bhattacharya, Patteson Win Sloan Research Fellowships
Two early-career faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences are among 126 researchers being awarded 2023 Sloan Foundation fellowships. Tripti Bhattacharya, Thonis Family Professor and a member of the Earth and environmental sciences faculty, and Alison Patteson, assistant…
Geochemist Receives NSF Grant for Work in Developing Search Engines for Climate Change Data
No researcher is an island. While scientists and academics certainly find themselves toiling alone in laboratories and behind computers at times, it is collaboration—consulting, borrowing from and building upon the research of others—that really drives discovery. And in the field…
Climate Change and Its Effects Across Ecosystems
Emerging findings on how ecosystems are responding to changing climate were published this month in the journal BioScience following the 40th anniversary of the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program. Charles Driscoll, University Professor of Environmental Systems…
“Cleaner Earth: Healing ozone hole, less smog, more eagles”
Sam Tuttle, assistant professor of earth and environmental sciences in the College of Arts Sciences, was quoted in The Associated Press story “Cleaner Earth: Healing ozone hole, less smog, more eagles.” Tuttle, an expert on hydroclimatology, explained how the Clean…