Mark Hauber to Lead the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center
Posted on July 20, 2023
New York, NY, July 20,2023 — The City University of New York Graduate Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Hauber as the executive director of its Advanced Science Research Center (CUNY ASRC). Established in 2014, the CUNY ASRC is a world-class STEM research and education institution dedicated to interdisciplinary science that addresses Read More [...]
The Second Life of Plastics
Posted on June 14, 2023
A National Science Foundation grant will help an ASRC-led multi-institutional team track and quantify how plastics break down in the environment More than 25 million metric tons of plastic end up in the Earth’s soil every year, and how those plastics degrade can have major impact on the environment, plants, animals and humans. With the Read More [...]
Researchers and Water Advocates from Several Continents Gather Virtually to Help the United Nations SDG 6
Posted on June 5, 2023
We’re losing ground on accomplishing Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) and need to act now to meet the United Nations’ 2030 deadline. The Global Accelerator Incubator Network for SDG 6 (GAINS6), a collaborative meeting ground for scientists, advocates, and government officials to exchange ideas to help propel SDG 6’s implementation, offers a new Read More [...]
Announcing the First Eliasoph Fellowship Winners!
Posted on October 20, 2022
Congratulations to Christopher Ryan and Yeojin Jung for being named the first Dr. Joan Eliasoph Fellows for Early Career STEM Researchers! The fellowship, whose namesake paved a distinguished radiology career over eight decades, will support early-stage research in basic science at the CUNY ASRC. The fellowship will be awarded annually to two early career scientists in the process Read More [...]
A Multi-Institutional Research Team Finds Declining Nitrogen Availability in a Nitrogen-Rich World
Posted on April 14, 2022
Factoring this deficit into climate change models is critical to achieving accurate carbon sink capacity estimates NEW YORK, April 15, 2022 – Since the mid-20th century, research and discussion have focused on the negative effects of excess nitrogen on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. However, new evidence indicates that the world is now experiencing a dual Read More [...]
Is It Time to Rethink the Lifecycle of Plastic?
Posted on April 11, 2022
A study finds plastic materials that accumulate as waste in the environment may not degrade in the same way – calling for potential updates to how we think about plastic disposal and recycling. By Katherine Anderson As one of the cheapest and most convenient materials to manufacture, plastics are everywhere, and because of the high Read More [...]
Andrew Reinmann’s $1 Million NSF CAREER Grant Project Aims to Understand Fragmented Forests and to Reduce Barriers to Inclusion in Environmental Studies
Posted on February 7, 2022
Reinmann will study how temperate forests respond to climate change and being fragmented by farming and development and will offer a paid research training fellowship for CUNY students. [...]
The Social Cost of Nitrous Oxide is Understated Under Current Estimates, New Analysis Concludes
Posted on November 17, 2021
International team of researchers calls for updating impact of greenhouse gas that remains top threat to the ozone layer [...]
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 in Read 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 [...]
