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 ...
Tag: Geology/Soil
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 ...
Termites mitigate effects of drought in Tropical Rainforest
HKU's co-led study revealed: Termites mitigate effects of drought in Tropical RainforestCredit: @The University of Hong Kong Termites are commonly ...
Safer mining practices reduce hazardous exposures in small-scale mining in Nigeria
San Francisco, January 8, 2019 - A pilot program to reduce lead poisoning in Nigerian gold mining communities has brought ...
Socio-economic study looks at boosting Panama Canal reliability
Credit: Emily Purvis A recently completed research project led by University of Wyoming researchers allowed novel socio-economic analysis aimed at ...
Revised Brazilian forest code may lead to increased legal deforestation in Amazon
Researchers show that up to 15 million hectares of forest risk losing protection owing to a new clause in the ...
Does mountaintop removal also remove rattlesnakes?
Mining operations in Appalachia permanently alter habitat availability for rattlesnakesCredit: Photo courtesy of Thomas Maigret. On the Cumberland Plateau in ...
Long term ag change impacts stream water quality
Nutrient, sediment runoff impacted differently over timeCredit: Carrie Ann Sharitt In the early 1990s, Acton Lake in southwestern Ohio had ...
Divining Roots: revealing how plants branch out to access water
Credit: Daniel von Wangenheim New research has discovered how plant roots sense the availability of moisture in soil and then ...
New research suggests forests, like humans, require a balanced diet
Credit: Greg Ellis/WVU MORGANTOWN, W. Va.-- The world's forests are on a fast food diet of carbon dioxide, which is ...
When 'alien' insects attack Antartica
Terrestrial ecosystems are vulnerable to single introduced insect species Of the known alien (non-native) species found in Antarctica, a non-biting ...
New study will track how trade wars affect the Midwest
Team studying how tariffs affect food, water, energy in America's heartland A team of researchers who first proposed studying the ...
Building a better weapon against harmful algal blooms
Research focuses on improving predictive models for farmers, others Predicting and pinpointing which farming practices are most likely to protect ...
How complexity science can quickly detect climate record anomalies
Credit: Antarctica and ice core processing footage provided by the National Science Foundation. Interview with Joshua Garland provided by the ...