Shared-value investments can increase much-needed climate change resiliency in the most vulnerable countries, according to top thought leaders from public and private sectors who met to discuss opportunities for innovation and resiliency at Notre Dame Adaptation Index’s (ND-GAIN) Annual Meeting held December 12, 2013 in Washington D.C. The ND-GAIN Index...

It will take the world’s poorest countries more than one century just to reach the level of climate change readiness that the richest countries already enjoy, according to data released Thursday (Dec. 12) by the 2013 University of Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index (ND-GAIN). ND-GAIN is the world’s leading annual...

Shared-value investments can increase much-needed climate change resiliency in the most vulnerable countries, according to top thought leaders from public and private sectors who met to discuss opportunities for innovation and resiliency at Notre Dame Adaptation Index’s (ND-GAIN) Annual Meeting held December 12, 2013 in Washington D.C. The ND-GAIN Index...

It will take the world’s poorest countries more than one century just to reach the level of climate change readiness that the richest countries already enjoy, according to data released Thursday (Dec. 12) by the 2013 University of Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index (ND-GAIN). ND-GAIN is the world’s leading annual...

The researchers who compiled the latest Notre Dame Global Adaption Index say their data show that the world’s poorest countries are likely a century behind the world’s wealthiest countries in their ability to deal with climate change. The index ranks countries based on various factors tied to vulnerability and readiness to...

Improving lives of resource-poor farmers is one of Monsanto’s commitments to agriculture. Six years ago, with that commitment in mind, we partnered with the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (or AATF) on the Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) project to share pest-resistant and drought-tolerant maize seed varieties with Sub-Saharan African...

The researchers who compiled the latest Notre Dame Global Adaption Index say their data show that the world’s poorest countries are likely a century behind the world’s wealthiest countries in their ability to deal with climate change. The index ranks countries based on various factors tied to vulnerability and readiness to...

Improving lives of resource-poor farmers is one of Monsanto’s commitments to agriculture. Six years ago, with that commitment in mind, we partnered with the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (or AATF) on the Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) project to share pest-resistant and drought-tolerant maize seed varieties with Sub-Saharan African...

University of Notre Dame launches the latest data tracking vulnerability and readiness to climate change Today, the University of Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index (ND-GAIN) released the latest data tracking vulnerability and readiness to demographic and climate change across 175 countries. The impact of Typhoon Haiyan puts a focus on...

University of Notre Dame launches the latest data tracking vulnerability and readiness to climate change Today, the University of Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index (ND-GAIN) released the latest data tracking vulnerability and readiness to demographic and climate change across 175 countries. The impact of Typhoon Haiyan puts a focus on...

On a snowy November afternoon, fourth-graders from South Bend’s Madison Primary Center came to the University of Notre Dame campus to build a barn. The 21 elementary students met with fifth-year School of Architecture students at the Stepan Center on Nov. 12 (Tuesday) for a barn raising, part of the...

On a snowy November afternoon, fourth-graders from South Bend’s Madison Primary Center came to the University of Notre Dame campus to build a barn. The 21 elementary students met with fifth-year School of Architecture students at the Stepan Center on Nov. 12 (Tuesday) for a barn raising, part of the...

David Lodge David Lodge, Ludmilla F. and Stephen J. Galla Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame and a world-renowned expert on invasive species, has accepted a nomination to join the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Science Advisory Board (SAB). Established in 1997, the SAB is...

David Lodge David Lodge, Ludmilla F. and Stephen J. Galla Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame and a world-renowned expert on invasive species, has accepted a nomination to join the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Science Advisory Board (SAB). Established in 1997, the SAB is...

SOUTH BEND -Notre Dame scientists have found evidence of Asian silver carp in Lake Michigan for the first time. A water sample collected by Chris Jerde of Notre Dame's Environmental Change Initiative tested 100% positive for the invasive species. It was the only sample out of 50 taken from Sturgeon...

SOUTH BEND -Notre Dame scientists have found evidence of Asian silver carp in Lake Michigan for the first time. A water sample collected by Chris Jerde of Notre Dame's Environmental Change Initiative tested 100% positive for the invasive species. It was the only sample out of 50 taken from Sturgeon...

Asian carp DNA has turned up in Lake Michigan waters off Door County, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reported Tuesday. The single positive water sample for the jumping silver carp was taken May 31 in Sturgeon Bay near Potawatomi State Park.

Asian carp DNA has turned up in Lake Michigan waters off Door County, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reported Tuesday. The single positive water sample for the jumping silver carp was taken May 31 in Sturgeon Bay near Potawatomi State Park.

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McCONNELSVILLE, Ohio — The muddy waters of the Muskingum River will give up spotted bass, smallmouth bass and catfish to the fisherman who knows where to cast his line. But a team of Ohio wildlife officials and research biologists spent three days on the river last week searching for something...

McCONNELSVILLE, Ohio — The muddy waters of the Muskingum River will give up spotted bass, smallmouth bass and catfish to the fisherman who knows where to cast his line. But a team of Ohio wildlife officials and research biologists spent three days on the river last week searching for something...

Today, the ND-Global Adaptation Index opened the call for applications to its Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index (ND-GAIN) Corporate Adaptation Award. The award recognizes a multi-national corporation that has made measurable contributions to awareness, science or action in creating resilience or adaptation to climate change.

Today, the ND-Global Adaptation Index opened the call for applications to its Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index (ND-GAIN) Corporate Adaptation Award. The award recognizes a multi-national corporation that has made measurable contributions to awareness, science or action in creating resilience or adaptation to climate change.

Atlantic salmon (Courtesy Timothy Knepp, USFWS) The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a multidisciplinary team of University of Notre Dame researchers a grant of $500,000 to develop a new technology for tracking the movement of genetically engineered (GE) organisms and their byproducts in the environment. “Understanding and monitoring the...

Atlantic salmon (Courtesy Timothy Knepp, USFWS) The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a multidisciplinary team of University of Notre Dame researchers a grant of $500,000 to develop a new technology for tracking the movement of genetically engineered (GE) organisms and their byproducts in the environment. “Understanding and monitoring the...

   SOUTH BEND - Come next Sunday to the newly created researchers' playground at St. Patrick's County Park, and you may glimpse, as biology professor Jennifer Tank did, life after Colorado's recent floods. Or at least you'll see how fast life can been reborn. The family-friendly open house from 1...

   SOUTH BEND - Come next Sunday to the newly created researchers' playground at St. Patrick's County Park, and you may glimpse, as biology professor Jennifer Tank did, life after Colorado's recent floods. Or at least you'll see how fast life can been reborn. The family-friendly open house from 1...

New technology is helping identify the presence of invasive Asian carp, but some researchers and state natural resources managers are divided over whether positive test results signal a threat strong enough to trigger an aggressive and expensive response. Scientists are deploying environmental DNA — or eDNA — identification techniques in...

New technology is helping identify the presence of invasive Asian carp, but some researchers and state natural resources managers are divided over whether positive test results signal a threat strong enough to trigger an aggressive and expensive response. Scientists are deploying environmental DNA — or eDNA — identification techniques in...