A Sun Reflector for Earth?
Posted on April 9, 2021
An international climate intervention workgroup publishes paper exploring the potential risks and benefits of a proposed high-tech climate intervention NEW YORK, APRIL 5, 2021 -- Nine of the hottest years in human history have occurred in the last decade. Without a major shift in this climate trajectory, the future of life on Earth is inRead More [...]
New Research: How to Keep Urban-Grown Greens Clean
Posted on March 17, 2021
Urban community gardeners use a range of best practices to grow healthy crops and limit contamination from metals like lead. While most crops take up very little lead through their roots, especially when soil pH is around neutral, past research has shown that leafy greens in particular can have lead-containing particles attached to their surfaces.Read More [...]
Undergraduate Summer Research in Environmental Science Featured by isee systems
Posted on January 11, 2021
The Fall 2020 edition of The Connector highlights the work of CSURP students Liushan Wuchen and Jorin Dawidowicz. [...]
Can Satellites Save a Forest?
Posted on October 30, 2020
What do you do when there are tiny bugs destroying a critical species across a huge, economically important region? You turn to outer space for help. And researchers from the ASRC are leading the way. [...]
Empowering New Yorkers to Scientifically Monitor Our Environment
Posted on September 17, 2020
A new project at the ASRC helps diverse students and New York City residents create low-cost environmental sensors and become advocates for a cleaner, healthier city. [...]
A Novel ‘Human Experiment’: Professor Dianne Greenfield Studies How the Shutdown Has Affected the Waters of Long Island Sound
Posted on September 15, 2020
Their effort is part of a year-long study, funded by a National Science Foundation (NSF) Rapid Response Research (RAPID) grant, of how stay-at-home orders and the unprecedented decline in commuting and travel in the New York City metropolitan area affected the waters of Long Island Sound. [...]
Remediation of your soil? Don’t be mis-lead
Posted on July 23, 2020
Many gardeners know that plants like sunflowers can remove harmful contaminants from soil. Recent findings suggest that they are not effective at removing lead as previously thought. Exposure to lead causes over 400,000 deaths per year in the US. Lead is not just in paint and pipes; it’s also in soil. For years, plant-lovers haveRead More [...]
New Science Communication Fellowship for Graduate Center STEM Students
Posted on July 14, 2020
The Graduate Center Sciences, in partnership with the Office of Career Planning and Professional Development, is offering a paid science communication fellowship program that will engage two STEM graduate students in learning skills for effectively communicating science to the public. The Graduate Center Sciences, in partnership with the Office of Career Planning and Professional Development,Read More [...]
Announcing Our 2020–2024 Strategic Plan
Posted on May 20, 2020
Dear Colleagues and Friends, This spring concludes our celebration of the ASRC’s fifth year of work. We have recognized this milestone through a series of events that have engaged the CUNY community and other stakeholders in reflecting on how we will best pursue our vision: a world where human, societal and environmental well-being are vastly improved because ofRead More [...]
The ASRC Sensor CAT to Fund Fast-Track COVID-19 Research
Posted on April 8, 2020
More than 100 scientists from 22 research institutions and 15 companies joined the CUNY ASRC Sensor CAT on April 7th for a call-to-action webinar. [...]
