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There’s Room for Improvement in a Popular Climate-Smart Agricultural Practice, Stanford-Led Study Shows

The promise for American agriculture is tantalizing: healthier soil, more carbon kept in the ground, less fertilizer runoff, and less need for chemicals.

Warm, Dry October Intensifies U.S. Drought

Below-normal rainfall and above-average temperatures intensified drought conditions, broadening the geographic areas of drought across the U.S. in October 2022.

Artificial Intelligence and Molecule Machine Join Forces to Generalize Automated Chemistry

Artificial intelligence, “building-block” chemistry and a molecule-making machine teamed up to find the best general reaction conditions for synthesizing chemicals important to biomedical and materials research – a finding that could speed innovation and drug discovery as well as make complex chemistry automated and accessible.

Beavers Will Become a Bigger Boon to River Water Quality as U.S. West Warms, Stanford Study Finds

As climate change worsens water quality and threatens ecosystems, the famous dams of beavers may help lessen the damage.

Emperor Penguins Granted Protections Under Endangered Species Act

Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced that emperor penguins have been listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) based on evidence that the animal's sea ice habitat is shrinking and is likely to continue to do so over the next several decades.