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Cornell Alumna Leads Panel to Encourage Community-Based Climate Action
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Climate panel featuring alumna gave space for the voices of artists and scientists who are making climate action a top priority.
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MEHLER | Snow!
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For all the jokes about Ithaca being a snowy place and prospective students’ main concern about Cornell being the weather, it took until the middle of November for snow to graze Cornell’s campus. Even with the flurries we received, the previous week’s high of 75 degrees ensured that the snow would certainly not stick. As much as others may dislike the snow, I love this part of the year when barren trees and dead grass glisten in a coat of fluffy snow.
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U.C. Davis Animal Science Professor Discusses Agriculture’s Contribution to Climate Change
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On Monday afternoon, Prof. Frank Mitloehner, animal science at the University of California, Davis, discussed the latest research surrounding animal agriculture and its “surprisingly modest” contribution to global greenhouse emissions. Mitloehner pointed at food waste as the largest contributor to environmental damage.
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Climate Experts to Discuss Measures to Prevent Rising Global Temperatures at Symposium
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On Friday, climate experts will gather in Cornell for a symposium discussing measures needed to take to protect the environment and limit global warming.
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Cornell Prof, Lead Author of U.N. Climate Change Report Hopes for ‘More Constructive Dialogue’ Globally
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Over the past year and a half, Prof. Natalie Mahowald worked with experts across the world on the impacts of climate change and potential solutions.
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TEST SPIN: Pitbull — Climate Change
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Well-worn but never quite worn out, Pitbull classics like “I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)” and “Hotel Room Service” are always a go-to for playlists if you want a song everyone can sing along to. He’s been around for a while now, having released his first album M.I.A.M.I. in 2004 and been on an up and up trajectory with many collaborations with big-name artists. In Climate Change, released Friday, Pitbull has (once again) gathered artists like Enrique Iglesias, Robin Thicke, J-Lo and Kiesza to do a lot of the heavy lifting in most of his tracks with their vocals.
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Study Examines Effects of Global Warming on Oceans
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No, the Gulf Steam is not coming to a stop, but major changes are taking place in the world’s oceans, according to the author of a recent Cornell study. Prof. Charles Greene, earth and atmospheric sciences, was the leading author of an oceanography study recently published in the journal Ecology.
The study examined trends in global climate and the major oceans surrounding North America.
Polar ice is part of a positive feedback loop that exacerbates climate changes. As temperature increases, ice melts. Since ice is white, Arctic melting decreases the reflectivity of the Earth. As a result, more solar radiation gets absorbed, further increasing temperatures and perpetuating the cycle. The opposite is true for temperature decreases.