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CSHL Stories and Media archive for Tag: climate change

image of Ruth Patrick and Charles Hodge at CSHL, 1929

Environmental science’s Cold Spring Harbor origin

4/22/2024

In 1929, Ruth Patrick came to CSHL to study plant life. She’d meet her future husband here and go on to pioneer an entirely new field of biology. Read the story »

CSHL’s Thomas Gingeras awarded $2 million NSF grant

4/3/2024

Climate change threatens crops with acidic soils and aluminum toxicity. Gingeras leads an international team tackling this problem head-on. Read the story »

At the Lab Episode 1: The tomato of tomorrow

4/2/2024

In the premiere episode of At the Lab, we visit CSHL Professor & HHMI Investigator Zachary Lippman to glimpse the future of food and farming. Listen to the podcast »

Image of Cocktails and Chromosomes Uprooting Climate Change with Ullas Pedmale

Cocktails & Chromosomes: Uprooting climate change

9/21/2023

Pull up a stool to watch CSHL Associate Professor Ullas Pedmale speak about plants and climate change at Industry bar in Huntington, NY. Watch the video »

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Cocktails & Chromosomes is back—watch now, but BYOB!

7/14/2023

CSHL NeuroAI Scholar Kyle Daruwalla speaks to a standing-room-only crowd about AI’s energy efficiency problem. Watch the video »

CSHL’s Cocktails & Chromosomes series returns this summer

6/22/2023

The event, serving up stimulating science talks over delicious drinks, heads to Industry bar in Huntington, New York. First on tap for June 29 is AI. Read the story »

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Climate-control technology future-proofs plants

6/13/2023

Take a virtual tour of CSHL’s new state-of-the-art growth chambers with plant biologist Ullas Pedmale. Watch the video »

image of Ullas Pedmale and Julie Micko in plant growth chamber

New CSHL technology controls the weather and time itself

6/8/2023

State-of-the-art plant growth chambers at CSHL allow scientists to mimic the effects of climate change on crops around the world. Read the story »

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The tiny plant tackling climate change

12/8/2022

The humble aquatic duckweed plant has enormous potential as a new source of healthy protein, low-carbon biofuels, and other bioproducts. Read the story »

CSHL groundcherry research bears new fruits

10/31/2022

New genetic blueprints for two types of groundcherry may help strengthen food supplies and reveal how plants evolve. Read the story »

How tweaking genes keeps corn and rice on your plate

5/18/2022

CSHL scientists leveraged lessons from the corn genome to improve another global staple crop, rice. Read the story »

photo of a bowl of sorghum seeds with plant stalks in background

New CSHL website brings together sorghum researchers

5/9/2022

Plant researchers and breeders are now using a website created by CSHL to get the latest intel on sorghum crop research. Read the story »

The race to protect sweet corn

4/22/2022

Breeding a variety that can withstand disease and taste better too Read the story »

photo of Barbara McClintocks transposon corn

The secret history of corn is revealed in its genome

8/5/2021

For the first time, scientists have assembled in-depth maps of dozens of corn genomes, filling in gaps related to key agricultural traits. Read the story »

How to bury carbon? Let plants do the dirty work.

2/5/2021

Carbon sequestration could slow or reverse human emissions—and nothing is better at sequestration than a green plant. Read the story »

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