Posted on May 6, 2019 in News
ASRC Researcher Andrew Reinmann’s latest study on the effect of declining snowpack levels on sugar maple trees has been featured in The New York Times: Maples need to be about 40 years old before they can be tapped, though they don’t come into their prime, according to Ms. Thomas, until they’re about 90 years old. […] Read More…
Posted on April 11, 2019 in News
Details of ASRC Researcher Andrew Reinmann’s latest study on the effect of declining snowpack levels on sugar maple trees have been featured in The Maple News: A loss of snowpack, and in turn a deeper frost layer, dramatically reduces the ability of the sugar maple to take up water and nutrients through frost damaged roots, according to researchers. […] Read More…
Posted on December 4, 2018 in News
Environmental Science Initiative researcher Andrew Reinmann has a new article published in The Conversation—a news platform that allows academics to share their expertise with the general public and shed light on key news events of the day. In this new piece, Reinmann and his research partner, Boston University researcher Pamela Templer, breakdown findings from their […] Read More…
Posted on December 3, 2018 in News
Findings also suggest a variety of industries in the Northeast could be negatively affected by warming trends, including maple syrup, timber and snow sports NEW YORK, December 1, 2018 – Researchers conducting a 5-year-long study examining snow cover in a northern hardwood forest region found that projected changes in climate could lead to a 95 […] Read More…
Posted on March 9, 2018 in News
Scientists from The City University of New York (CUNY), Sandia National Laboratories, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have published a new paper in Environmental Research Letters evaluating thermal pollution, typically addressed in terms of its impact on aquatic habitat and life, with respect to its constraints on electricity production for the first time. The paper — “Thermal […] Read More…
Posted on February 1, 2018 in News
NEW YORK, Feb. 1, 2018 – Scientists at The City University of New York (CUNY) and Harvard University, in partnership with UBS Asset Management, have developed a scientific framework to inform investment decisions that make positive contributions to sustainable environmental stewardship and human well-being. Among the beneficiaries are the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals that promote […] Read More…
Posted on January 29, 2018 in News
Microbes are incredibly varied and key to earth’s biodiversity. Cataloging their abundance, composition, and characterization is a daunting task — one that has never been undertaken, until now. A groundbreaking global study of microbial diversity that included researchers with the Environmental Sciences Initiative at the Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at the Graduate Center, CUNY, […] Read More…
Posted on November 13, 2017 in Events
The Environmental Sciences Initiative is co-hosting a seminar with Dr. Michael Piasecki (CCNY/Crossroads) to be held on Tuesday, November 14 at 10am by John Winings of the Haiti Reforestation Partnership! It will be in the first floor seminar room. Please see the flyer here: ASRC-ESI-WiningsJ-Seminar-2017-11-14[1]. Data collection, quality control, and analysis under unique conditions: Monitoring a […] Read More…
Posted on October 30, 2017 in News
NEW YORK, October 30, 2017 — Climate change scientists warn that the continued burning of fossil fuels is likely to cause major disruptions to the global climate system leading to more extreme weather, sea level rise, and biodiversity loss. The changes also will compromise our capacity to generate electricity. In recent decades, capacity losses at […] Read More…
Posted on August 25, 2017 in News
Expansion of urban, suburban and exurban land in the United States over the past several decades has led to neighborhoods in very different parts of the country featuring patterns of roads, residential lots, commercial areas and aquatic features that are more similar to each other than the native ecosystems they replaced. In research funded by […] Read More…