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Study: Longer Dry Periods, More Erratic Rainfall Across Western United States in the Last 50 Years

Dry periods between rainstorms have become longer and annual rainfall has become more erratic across most of the western United States during the past 50 years, according to a new study published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service and the University of Arizona

7 Apr 2021

A New Way to Transform Brewer's Spent Grain into Protein Sources, Biofuels

Home brewing enthusiasts and major manufacturers alike experience the same result of the beer-making process: mounds of leftover grain.

7 Apr 2021

Researchers Highlight Ways to Alleviate Anthropogenic Noise Affecting Marine Animals

Humans have altered the ocean soundscape by drowning out natural noises relied upon by many marine animals, from shrimp to sharks

7 Apr 2021

New Economical Technology Leverages Excess Pressure on Power Grid to Produce Energy

In recent years, pressure-based irrigation techniques have substituted conventional ones, thereby enhancing water efficiency but increasing the dependence on energy. This has led to advances and innovations in technology that have facilitated agricultural activity.

7 Apr 2021

Discovery of Heat-Sensing Gene in Plants Could Help Tune Their Temperature Response

Global warming can decrease crop yields by one-third by 2050. Scientists from the University of California, Riverside have discovered a gene that could reverse this effect.

7 Apr 2021

Tibetan Plateau may Warm Faster in Future than Projected by Climate Models

Over the last few decades, the Tibetan Plateau, called “the roof of the world,” has warmed up more quickly compared to the global average.

7 Apr 2021

World’s First Hydrogen Cargo Vessel Set for Paris Debut

The European innovation project Flagships will deploy the world’s first commercial cargo transport vessel operating on hydrogen, plying the river Seine in Paris. Commercial operations are set to commence in 2021.

7 Apr 2021

Buddle Nurseries Set to Become UK’s First Carbon Negative Nursery Group

An innovative nursery group is aiming to be the most environmentally friendly in the country.

7 Apr 2021

Study Assesses Strategies for Reducing Beef Production Emissions

A comprehensive assessment of 12 different strategies for reducing beef production emissions worldwide found that industry can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by as much as 50% in certain regions, with the most potential in the United States and Brazil.

6 Apr 2021

Geoengineering Earth's Atmosphere: Potential Effects of Climate Intervention on Ecology

Nine of the hottest years in human history have occurred in the past decade. Without a major shift in this climate trajectory, the future of life on Earth is in question, which poses a new question: Should humans, whose fossil fueled society is driving climate change, use technology to put the brakes on global warming?

6 Apr 2021