Increasing snow depth prevented wintertime soils from cooling during the warming hiatus
Credit: Myriams Fotos from Pixabay Soil temperature has a significant impact on land-atmosphere interaction within the Earth system, affecting surrounding ...
Tag: Agriculture
Just add mushrooms: Making meals more nutritious
Understanding the nutritional impact of adding a serving of mushrooms on usual intakes and population nutrient adequacy using NHANES 2011-2016 ...
Prosopis juliflora acutely reduces water resources in Ethiopia, costing rural livelihoods
Prosopis juliflora seriously diminishes water resources in the Afar Region of Ethiopia, consuming enough of this already scarce resource to ...
The decline in grazing practices threatens the existence of a Basque cheese
The Lactiker research group at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) is working from a range of different perspectives ...
Neural network has learned to identify tree species
Credit: Svetlana Illarionova et al., IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. Skoltech scientists have ...
Turning food waste back into food
Fermenting used food can improve crop growthCredit: Deborah Pagliaccia/UCR There's a better end for used food than taking up space ...
Technology bolsters use of chia seeds to help improve health, slow signs of aging
Credit: Andrea Liceaga/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - An improved extraction method involving chia seeds may provide new options for ...
In Brazil, many smaller dams disrupt fish more than large hydropower projects
Credit: Victor Baptista The development of small hydropower dams is widespread throughout Brazil and elsewhere in the world, vastly overshadowing ...
Oregon State receives grant to spur aquaculture investment in Oregon
Credit: Tiffany Woods CORVALLIS, Ore. - Oregon State University has received a nearly $700,000 grant from the National Oceanic and ...
Fields of breeders’ dreams: A team effort toward targeted crop improvements
Community effort yields reference switchgrass genome, environmental adaptations dataCredit: David Lowry Gardeners and farmers around the country recognize that crop ...
World’s largest opinion survey on climate change: Majority call for wide-ranging action
UNDP's 'Peoples' Climate Vote' reflects views of over half the world's population after results processed by Oxford University; 64% believe climate change is a global emergencyCredit: UNDP ...
Making wheat and peanuts less allergenic
Credit: Credit: Jonathan Windham The United States Department of Agriculture identifies a group of "big eight" foods that causes 90% ...
Building a corn cob–cell by cell, gene by gene
Credit: Xiaosa Xu/Jackson lab, CSHL, 2020 Corn hasn't always been the sweet, juicy delight that we know today. And, without ...
Development of rapid method for extraction of natural blue chromophore from cyanobacteria
Credit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Overview: Phycocyanobilin (PCB) is a natural blue chromophore found in ...
Integrated disease management saves olive trees from Verticillium wilt
Credit: University of Córdoba Olive trees are some of the most important woody crops in the world and Verticillium wilt, ...
Dramatic increase in microplastics in seagrass soil since the 1970s
Credit: Photo: Miguel Ángel Mateo, Diego Moreno Large-scale production of vegetables and fruit in Spain with intensive plastic consumption in ...
Grant aims to accelerate sustainable shellfish aquaculture
Credit: Virginia Tech Oysters, mussels, and scallops are the shellfish that are a vital component of coastal economies that are ...
Making protein ‘superfood’ from marine algae
Progress in processing single-cell organisms from the seaCredit: Flinders University Marine microalgae-based cellular agriculture is a promising new way to ...
Advances in modeling and sensors can help farmers and insurers manage risk
When used appropriately, satellite data is rapidly expanding the potential to customize insurance for smallholder farmers, potentially increasing the resilience ...
OSU researchers prove fish-friendly detection method more sensitive than electrofishing
Credit: Courtesy Brooke Penaluna Delivering a minor electric shock into a stream to reveal any fish lurking nearby may be ...