A very small number of crops are dominating globally. That's bad news for sustainable agriculture
Four crops alone comprise close to 50 per cent of all crops grown globallyCredit: University of Toronto Scarborough A new ...
Tag: Geology/Soil
Researchers investigate a billion years of coexistence between plants and fungi
Credit: Tom Wieboldt What can a billion years of coexistence tell us about the evolution of plants and fungi? Neither ...
Diffusing the methane bomb: We can still make a difference
The Arctic is warming faster than the rest of the planet, causing carbon containing permafrost, frozen for thousands of years, ...
Gypsum as an agricultural product
This common ingredient in drywall can increase yields, improve soilCredit: Warren Dick Warren Dick has worked with gypsum for more ...
Study reveals unsettling multidrug antibiotic resistance in remote Arctic soil microbes
Credit: Jennifer Roberts/KU News Service LAWRENCE -- A University of Kansas geologist's work in the remote High Arctic of Norway ...
Time-lapse microscopy helps reveal brake mechanism in Streptomyces lifecycle
Credit: Ruby O'Grady Streptomyces are soil-dwelling bacteria that produce approximately two-thirds of the antibiotics in current clinical use. The production ...
Early spring rain boosts methane from thawing permafrost by 30 percent
Credit: Kiyomi Taguchi/University of Washington Arctic permafrost is thawing as the Earth warms due to climate change. In some cases, ...
WVU researcher unearths an ice age in the African desert
Credit: WVU MORGANTOWN, W.Va.--A field trip to Namibia to study volcanic rocks led to an unexpected discovery by West Virginia ...
UN University compares technologies that remove arsenic from groundwater
At least 140 million people in 50 countries have been drinking water containing arsenic at levels above the World Health ...
Tulane study says seas may be rising faster than thought
The study suggests the the current method of measuring sea-level rise is not reliable A new Tulane University study questions ...
Prairie strips transform farmland conservation
Converting low-profit land brings big returnsCredit: Lynn Betts Modern agriculture's large monoculture fields grow a lot of corn and soybeans, ...
'Superbug gene' found in one of the most remote places on Earth
Antibiotic-Resistant Genes (ARGs) that were first detected in urban India have been found 8,000 miles away in one of the ...
Fault lines are no barrier to safe storage of CO2 below ground
Carbon dioxide is unlikely to escape through geological faults, study showsCredit: Johannes Miocic Carbon dioxide emissions can be captured and ...
United Nations, World Economic Forum and partners unite to address e-waste
Joint report: Technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution show huge potential and could lead to "dematerialization", better product tracking, take-back ...
£20 million to tackle nitrogen pollution
Experts in UK and South Asia link up for government-backed research projectCredit: Mark Sutton The UK Government today (January 22) ...
Study predicts how air pollutants from US forest soils will increase with climate change
Tree changes in the Midwest and Eastern US will lead to more atmospheric chemicals that cause air pollution and respiratory ...
New conservation practice could reduce nitrogen pollution in agricultural drainage water
Credit: Transforming Drainage URBANA, Ill. - Every summer, a "dead zone" forms in the Gulf of Mexico. Plumes of oxygen-robbing ...
'Realistic' new model points the way to more efficient and profitable fracking
Accurately predicting fracture mechanics can help industry optimize pumping, fracturing-fluid viscosity, other parametersCredit: Northwestern University A new computational model could ...
Kent State ecologist part of global collaboration to answer global change questions
Credit: Kent State University Kent State Ecologist Part of Global Collaboration to Answer Pressing Questions About Global Change The work ...
Feds, states can help biochar live up to its soil-saving potential
Study shows how government promotes agricultural, environmental benefits -- and could do moreCredit: Rice University Even though every dollar spent ...