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$1M NASA Grant to Improve Carbon Monitoring in East Africa 22-Jul-2021 2:50 PM EDT, by Cornell University Newswise — ITHACA, N.Y. – Cornell University researchers will develop the first high-resolution carbon monitoring system for East Africa that combines “bottom up” ecological modeling with “top down” satellite data, thanks to a three-year, $1 million NASA grant. The East Africa study area – including Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda – has experienced deforestation and als...

Using soil carbon storage to address climate change is not only technically feasible but that it may enjoy more bipartisan support than previously assumed.

A cross-disciplinary collaboration led by Jonathon Schuldt, associate professor of communication at Cornell University, found that a majority of the U.S. public is supportive of soil carbon storage as a climate change mitigation strategy, particularly when that and similar approaches are seen as natural strategies.

February 25, 2021 Robert Seaney, Ph.D. ’55, professor emeritus of soil and crop sciences who’s best known for his research on identifying the best forages for New York state soils and climate, died Jan. 19 in Petersburg, Illinois. He was 93. “Dr. Seaney was an excellent communicator and was widely respected by colleagues, extension agents and farmers,” said Danny Fox, professor emeritus of animal science. “Through his research and extension program, he had a large impact on improving ...

December 21, 2020 The Earth’s soils contain more than three times the amount of carbon than is found in the atmosphere, but the processes that bind carbon in the soil are still not well understood. Improving such understanding may help researchers develop strategies for sequestering more carbon in soil, thereby keeping it out of the atmosphere where it combines with oxygen and acts as a greenhouse gas. Angela Possinger, Michael Zachman, Barnaby Levin/Provided Scanning electron microsc...