Source: NC A&T UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, 11/17/21


The College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences recently brought a new perspective on climate change and agriculture to some of the studies in computer and math modeling taking place at the world-famous Brookhaven National Laboratory.

This was largely thanks to Gregory Goins, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Design, who was invited to lead and organize a session on climate environmental impact, during the BNL’s New York Scientific Data Summit 2021.

Goins, a crop scientist and former NASA staff scientist with expertise in computer science, pointed out that people who experience the worst effects of climate change are often socially disadvantaged and depend on natural resources for their livelihoods. Meanwhile, mathematical models aimed at curbing the greenhouse gases that cause climate change depend on field research data. Thus it’s important for that data to include research about minorities and disadvantaged regions.

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