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Cornell Wildlife Health Lab Leads Surveillance and Communication Efforts for Chronic Wasting Disease
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Researchers at the Cornell Wildlife Health Lab are leading interagency efforts to prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease.
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Bumble Bee Hygiene: Cornell Researchers Observe ‘Outhouse’ Structure in Arctic Nests
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Cornell researchers recently observed a novel ‘outhouse’ structure in Arctic bumble bee nests that could mitigate the spread of fecal-borne disease within bee colonies.
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Lab of Ornithology Researchers Map the Planet’s Critical Areas for Biodiversity and Nature Conservation
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Cornell researchers recently reported that most of the global land supporting human life is unprotected
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Cornell Adirondack Fishery Program Receives State Grant for Climate Adaptive Stocking
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A longstanding private partnership between land stewards and Cornell University’s Adirondack Fishery Research Program has received additional backing from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, building upon a 70-year research partnership in the Adirondack region.
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Prof. Corrie Moreau on How Natural History Museums Aid in Extinction Prevention
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On Oct. 5, 2021, Prof. Corrie Moreau, ecology and evolutionary biology, published a correspondence explaining why funding natural history museums are a better method of extinction prevention than de-extinction projects.
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Cornell Researchers Investigate the Plummet of Critically Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales
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The North Atlantic right whale population — with fewer than 400 individuals — is at risk of further decline as rising sea levels force them northward toward fishing grounds where they run the risk of potentially deadly ship strikes and entanglement.
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Conservation and Development: How Indigenous Communities Can Respond to Climate Change and Natural Disasters
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How do social conditions play a role in our rapidly changing environment? Prof. Shorna Allred, natural resources, focuses her research on conservation social science, in which she studies the social implications of climate change mitigation and resilience against natural disasters.
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Ithaca Town Conservation Board Discusses Deer Hunting, Timber Permit
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At an Ithaca Town Conservation meeting, deer management, timber permits and sustainability recommendations were discussed.
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The Missing Link: Cornell Prof. finds Hidden Connections Between Energy and the Environment
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Thanks to research like Cornell Prof. K. Max Zhang’s, energy providers are starting to create contingency plans to more efficiently store and distribute energy in residential voltaic systems. In the context of sunny winter days, for example, a system would store excess energy in the midday and distribute it for use when traditional energy production methods can’t meet the demands on their own.
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Invasive Plants out, Native Plants in: City of Ithaca Implements Biodiversity Revival Program
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The project was inspired by the desire of the Town of Ithaca “to help promote biodiversity, provide shelter and food (nectar, pollen, seeds, nuts, leaves, etc.) for wildlife, and support pollinators,” wrote Michael Smith, senior planner of the Town of Ithaca, in a press release.