New research from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Virginia Tech suggests that technologies such as controlled environment agriculture and agrivoltaics may become part of the future of farming.
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First Global Study of Coastal Seas as Carbon Dioxide Reservoirs Possible
Coastal seas form a complex transition zone between the two largest CO2 sinks in the global carbon cycle: land and ocean.
Enormous Ice Loss from Greenland Glacier
Ground-based measuring devices and aircraft radar operated in the far northeast of Greenland show how much ice the 79° N Glacier is losing.
Texas Heat Index Rising Faster Than Temperature, Study Finds
A new study of summer weather in Texas finds the heat index — an indicator of how hot it feels outside — is rising much faster than the temperature.
In Lake Erie, Climate Change Scrambles Zooplankton’s Seasonal Presence
A new analysis of zooplankton in western Lake Erie shows that their biomass and seasonal behavioral patterns have been drastically altered by human-driven changes in water temperature and food webs.
Species Diversity Promotes Ecosystem Stability
A new study from McGill University and the Max Planck Institute and published recently in Science suggests an answer to this question that has stood unanswered for half a century among ecologists.