As lumber prices skyrocket, professor develops method to predict future price changes
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - At a time when lumber prices are skyrocketing, an Oregon State University researcher ...
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Droughts longer, rainfall more erratic over the last 50 years in most of the West
Credit: Joel Biederman, Agricultural Research Service TUCSON, Ariz., April 6, 2021 - Dry periods between rainstorms have become longer and ...
Aquatic biodiversity key to sustainable, nutrient-rich diets
Credit: Image courtesy Juliano Palacios-Abrantes. Seafood is a pillar of global food security--long recognized for its protein content. But research ...
Discovery is key to creating heat-tolerant crops
Researchers identify gene that helps plants sense heatCredit: Meng Chen/UCR By 2050 global warming could reduce crop yields by one-third. ...
COVID-19 pandemic threatens to reverse gains made on Sustainable Development Goal 1 and 2
Researchers studying the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on food production among smallholder bean farmers in 11 countries found multiple food ...
How climate change affects Colombia’s coffee production
Credit: College of AC ES, University of Illinois. URBANA, Ill. ¬- If your day started with a cup of coffee, ...
Ozone pollution harms maize crops, study finds
Credit: Ainsworth lab Although stratospheric ozone protects us by filtering out the sun's ultraviolet radiation, tropospheric ozone is a harmful ...
Beef industry can cut emissions with land management, production efficiency
Ranchers in United States, Brazil and other regions can help create a more climate-friendly beef systemCredit: Kenton Rowe for The ...
Humans were apex predators for two million years
What did our ancestors eat during the stone age? Mostly meatCredit: Dr. Miki Ben Dor Researchers at Tel Aviv University ...
Making cleaner, greener plastics from waste fish parts
Credit: Mikhailey Wheeler WASHINGTON, April 5, 2021 -- Polyurethanes, a type of plastic, are nearly everywhere -- in shoes, clothes, ...
Xin Zhang receives NSF CAREER Award
Award will support understanding of nitrogen pollution reduction in Chesapeake Bay watershed and beyondCredit: University of Maryland Center for Environmental ...
Fungi could manipulate bacteria to enrich soil with nutrients
Researchers have discovered a group of soil bacteria that could yield alternatives to conventional fertilizers for enriching soil and improving ...
Realtime imaging of female gamete formation in plants
New research from Japanese scientists offers a glimpse of how female gametes' cell fates are determined and shows promise for ...
Two plant immune branches more intimately connected than previously believed
Credit: Dr. Kenichi Tsuda Plant inducible defense starts with the recognition of microbes, which leads to the activation of a ...
Increasing applied pesticide toxicity threatens plants and insects
Credit: Renja Bereswill A group of scientists from the University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany, has shown that for plants and insects ...
UMD helps quantify how climate change has slowed global agricultural productivity growth
Collaborative research shows more severe slowdowns in warmer regions like Africa and Latin AmericaCredit: Edwin Remsberg, University of Maryland The ...
Thicker-leaved tropical plants may flourish as CO2 rises, which could be good for climate
Credit: Scott Ableman/Flickr How plants will fare as carbon dioxide levels continue to rise is a tricky problem and, researchers ...
NIST ‘agricomb’ measures multiple gas emissions from … cows
Credit: Hanacek/NIST After the optical frequency comb made its debut as a ruler for light, spinoffs followed, including the astrocomb ...
What are we breeding for, and who decides?
The future of selection decisions and breeding programs are examined in a review in the Journal of Dairy Science®Credit: Journal ...
Decellularized spinach serves as an edible platform for laboratory-grown meat
The veiny skeleton of a spinach leaf shows for the first time it can support the growth of artificial meat, ...