Grid Reliability Under Climate Change Could Require More Power Generation Capacity Than We Thought
Posted on November 21, 2019
A new university/national laboratory study reveals the importance of factoring climate-water impacts into electric grid planning Researchers created a new modeling approach that accounts for climate and water impacts on electricity infrastructure development. The new analysis compares results with traditional modeling approaches that may or may not consider climate impacts, revealing that the U.S. powerRead More [...]
NSF and NIH Grants Totaling $6.4 Million Go to Three CUNY ASRC Scientists
Posted on September 27, 2019
Three researchers at the CUNY ASRC have been awarded multi-year, federal agency grants to address topics in protein regulation and the response of the U.S.’s food-energy-water systems to climate change. [...]
ASRC and GC Sciences Faculty and Students Publish Op-Ed for Climate Change Week NYC 2019
Posted on September 26, 2019
The Gotham Gazette op-ed offers pointers to help NYC gardeners mitigate contaminants in soil. [...]
Recent Study on Declining Snowpack Levels by ASRC Researcher Andrew Reinmann Featured in The New York Times
Posted on May 6, 2019
Maple trees need to be about 40 years old before they can be tapped for syrup, but a recent study suggests that the changing climate is a threat to that process of growth and renewal, said ASRC researcher Andrew Reinmann in The New York Times. [...]
Recent Study on Declining Snowpack Levels by ASRC Researcher Andrew Reinmann Featured in The Maple News
Posted on April 11, 2019
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 [...]
ASRC Researcher Andrew Reinmann Pens Article for The Conversation Exploring the Risk of Declining Winter Snowpack in Northeast Forests
Posted on December 4, 2018
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 theirRead More [...]
Study Shows Winter Snowpack Declines May Reduce Tree Growth and the Ability of Forests to Filter Carbon from Our Air and Water
Posted on December 3, 2018
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 95Read More [...]
Professor Peter M. Groffman Pens Climate Change Policy Op-Ed for CNN Opinions
Posted on October 25, 2018
Local governments can take steps to resist federal rollback of legislation meant to protect the climate, writes ASRC Environmental Science Initiative Professor Peter Groffman. [...]
Wetter Soil Is Leading to Reduced Methane Gas Absorption
Posted on August 6, 2018
The trend could accelerate an increase in atmospheric methane levels and intensify global warming. [...]
ESI scientists publish new findings on thermal pollution impacts in the Mississippi River watershed
Posted on March 9, 2018
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 -- "ThermalRead More [...]
