How can conifers that are used for example as Christmas trees keep their green needles…
Browsing: Agriculture
Agriculture is the science and practice of cultivating crops, raising livestock, and managing natural resources to produce food, fiber, and other essential goods. It combines biology, ecology, engineering, and economics to meet the needs of a growing global population while addressing challenges like climate change, soil degradation, and water scarcity. Modern agricultural research explores innovations in sustainable farming, precision agriculture, genetic engineering, pest management, and soil health. As food systems evolve, agriculture remains at the heart of efforts to ensure food security, environmental stewardship, and rural development around the world.
Plants have the same variation in body clocks as that found in humans, according to…
Prolonged exposure to environmentally relevant concentrations of the weedkiller Roundup causes significant harm to keystone…
Three 2,000-year-old cobs in Honduras show that people brought corn varieties back to Mesoamerica, possibly…
Research from Wellesley College professor Heather Mattila shows that bees use animal dung to prevent…
Honeybees spread animal dung on the entrance of their hives to effectively ward off giant…
Carbon is one of the main building blocks for life on Earth. It’s abundant in…
You might have observed plants competing for sunlight — the way they stretch upwards and…
A favorite healthy snack, almonds are a staple on grocery store shelves worldwide. More than…
Researchers investigating the heritage of thousands of rice varieties have identified just two distinct maternal…
Environmental conservation expert discusses how his new research will play a key role in promoting…
Carbon dioxide fuels photosynthesis, the process by which plants generate their food in the form…
Mega-droughts – droughts that last two decades or longer – are tipped to increase thanks…
Tropical fruit trees can improve health, reduce hunger, boost incomes and fight climate change; so…
A new type of soil created by engineers at The University of Texas at Austin…
A new study coordinated by CU Boulder makes clear the extraordinary speed and scale of…
The first large-scale study of the risks that countries face from dependence on water, energy,…
Researchers study the effects of introducing water-saving Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) photosynthesis, which is used…