Meet the Oystamaran: MIT’s Robot Developed To Help Oyster Farmers
Working directly with oyster farmers, MIT students are developing a robot that can flip heavy, floating bags of oysters, helping the shellfish to grow and…
Agriculture News
Plant Disease Management: New Method for Early Detection of Bacterial Infection in Crops
The Raman spectroscopy-based method enables early detection and quantification of pathogens in plants, to enhance plant disease management. Researchers from the Disruptive and Sustainable Technologies…
The US Biofuel Mandate Helps Farmers, but Harms the Environment
If you’ve pumped gas at a U.S. service station over the past decade, you’ve put biofuel in your tank. Thanks to the federal Renewable Fuel…
Cheers! Better Beer From CRISPR Gene-Edited Barley
Using CRISPR/Cas9 technology, scientists develop and study gene-edited barley that resists pre-harvest sprouting. After a spell of unexpected rain, before the harvest season, a farmer…
NASA Research: Climate Change and Its Environmental Impacts on Crop Growth
The Earth is heating up. The effects of human-caused global climate change are becoming more and more apparent as we see more record-breaking heat waves,…
Sustainably Mining Rare Earth Elements From Fertilizer Byproduct
Despite their name, rare earth elements are not actually that rare. The 17 metallic elements are ubiquitous in nature and are becoming even more common…
Three Ways To Reduce the Carbon Footprint of American Food
Most consumers want to make food purchases that are smart for their wallets, their health, and the environment. And while switching to a vegetarian or…
Quillwort Genome Could Hold Secrets To Make Crops Use Water or Carbon Dioxide More Efficiently
Researchers have assembled a high-quality Isoetes genome that furthers understanding how these aquatic plants regulate CAM photosynthesis to compete for carbon dioxide underwater, and how…
NASA Warns: Global Climate Change Impact on Crops Expected Within 10 Years
This color-coded map in Robinson projection displays a progression of changing global surface temperature anomalies. Normal temperatures are the average over the 30 year baseline…
Genetics Discovery Reveals How Legumes Give Oxygen to Symbiotic Bacteria in Their Roots
Scientists discover the genetics inside legumes that control the production of an oxygen-carrying molecule, crucial to the plant’s close relationships with nitrogen-fixing bacteria. The finding…
Blasting the Zombie Out of Water-Saving Technology
A team of scientists, including experts from the University of Adelaide, suggest that reliance on modern irrigation technologies as a water-use efficiency strategy is a…
Plants From Plastics: Transforming Bio-Based Polymers Into Fertilizer
Plastics have taken the world by storm over the last century, finding applications in virtually every aspect of our lives. However, the rise of these…
How Plants Act Fast To Fight Off Infections – New Discovery Could Improve Crop Yields and Combat Global Hunger
Findings could inspire efforts to improve crop yields and combat global hunger. New work led by Carnegie’s Kangmei Zhao and Sue Rhee reveals a new…
“Extreme” Drought Affecting Agricultural Lands in the Northern Great Plains
Warm and dry conditions continue to affect agricultural lands in the U.S. Northern Plains and the Canadian Prairies. Decades of drought across the U.S. Southwest has led…
Urban Wastes Used As Fertilizers Contain Higher PFAS Than Livestock Manure
Because of their useful surfactant properties, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been massively produced for non-stick coatings, water-repellant fabrics and firefighting foams. However, scientists…
Scientists: By 2500 Earth Could Be Alien to Humans
Climate projections should not stop at year 2100. To fully grasp and plan for climate impacts under any scenario, researchers and policymakers must look well…
Growing Climate Solutions: Climate-Smart Agriculture
Stanford Earth scientists discuss climate-smart agriculture. A bill under debate in Congress would pave the way to verifying and paying for farms’ carbon savings. Stanford…
Strong El Niño Drives Nearly 6 Million Children Into Severe Hunger
Up to 3 times more children suffer severe hunger with each El Niño than from COVID-19. El Niño events provide a snapshot of the future…
