New research in the field of plant sciences has made significant advances towards understanding the underlying reasons behind why certain crops are better at generating more yield than others.
The Ice in Antarctica Has Melted Before
Sixty per cent of the world’s fresh water is bound up in Antarctic ice sheets.
UTIA Analyzes Strategic Cropping System to Promote Climate Change Resiliency
Researchers and Extension specialists at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture have received a grant to study alley cropping as a viable solution to mitigate crop stress and improve the sustainability of organic vegetable production amid climate extremes in the Southeast.
Astrocyte Cells Critical for Learning Skilled Movements
From steering a car to swinging a tennis racket, we learn to execute all kinds of skilled movements during our lives.
Joining Forces in a Drive to Promote Biodiversity
UKCEH is delighted to be working with Land App and Sainsbury’s on an industry-leading partnership giving farmers and suppliers in Great Britain greater abilities to enhance their positive impact on biodiversity, soil health, river pollution and climate.
Hope for Salamanders? Illinois Study Recalibrates Climate Change Effects
For tiny salamanders squirming skin-to-soil, big-picture weather patterns may seem as far away as outer space. But for decades, scientists have mostly relied on free-air temperature data at large spatial scales to predict future salamander distributions under climate change.
Juvenile Black Rockfish Affected by Marine Heat Wave but Not Always for the Worse, Research Shows
Larvae produced by black rockfish, a linchpin of the West Coast commercial fishing industry for the past eight decades, fared better during two recent years of unusually high ocean temperatures than had been feared, new research by Oregon State University shows.
AI Could Set a New Bar for Designing Hurricane-Resistant Buildings
Being able to withstand hurricane-force winds is the key to a long life for many buildings on the Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast of the U.S. Determining the right level of winds to design for is tricky business, but support from artificial intelligence may offer a simple solution.
Most of the World’s Salt Marshes Could Succumb to Sea Level Rise by Turn of Century
Cape Cod’s salt marshes are as iconic as they are important.
Better Air Due to Slurry Acidification
Ammonia released into the environment is a major problem. Agriculture is considered the most prolific polluter – it is responsible for 95 percent of these emissions in Germany. The colorless, acrid gas is toxic in higher concentrations.