Oct 10, 2023 | Campus Sustainability, Energy, iCAP Update, News, News Releases
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is already past the halfway point from Illinois Climate Action Plan 2020 to iCAP 2025. It’s time to check in with each of the iCAP topical chapters to gauge campus progress, address the challenges our campus faces, and...
Aug 18, 2023 | iSEE Research, Leverhulme, News, News Releases
Applying ground-up silicate rock to Midwestern farm fields can capture significant amounts of carbon dioxide and prevent it from accumulating in the atmosphere, according to a new study that successfully quantified those climate benefits for the first time. Working...
Aug 3, 2023 | News, News Releases
Today’s farmers are on the front lines of climate change. Higher temperatures, wildly variable rainfall, and unrelenting droughts, storms, and floods have upended growing seasons and threatened their livelihoods. “Climate-smart agriculture” promises a more sustainable...
Apr 12, 2023 | Campus Sustainability, News, News Releases
Twenty years ago, the University of Illinois and its undergraduates took their first serious steps in fighting climate change — actions that have now led to massive strides for campus sustainability. In 2003, the Illinois Student Government proposed a referendum that...
Feb 20, 2023 | Illinois Regenerative Agriculture Initiative, iSEE Research, News, News Releases
Deep within our bodies, millions of microbes help digest our food and provide nutrients to keep us healthy. It’s a symbiotic relationship that dates back millennia, when the first bacteria appeared on Earth 3.5 billion years ago. Ubiquitous in the soil and...