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Posted inGeoFIZZ

Five Culinary Winners and Losers of Climate Change

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 16 April 202125 October 2022

From wines in Canada to mushrooms in the Czech Republic, some foods will fare better than others on a hot planet.

Un agricultor se agacha sobre suelo seco y agrietado en su granja en Punjab.
Posted inNews

La región agrícola más importante de la India se está desertificando

by G. Singh 28 January 202114 March 2023

El cultivo de arroz consume más agua de la que el Punjab puede recargar. Si continúan las tasas de riego actuales, el estado vaciará sus reservas de agua subterránea dentro de 20 años.

A youth farmer in Los Angeles County gives a tour of an urban farm
Posted inNews

Urban Agriculture Combats Food Insecurity, Builds Community

by DJ McCauley 25 January 202121 February 2023

Innovations in urban agriculture—from creative reuse of stormwater to soil rehabilitation—can help fight food insecurity and prevent further food issues.

Research ecologist Steven Mirsky evaluates a cereal rye cover crop.
Posted inNews

Cover Crops, Sensors, and Food Security

by DJ McCauley 25 January 20214 November 2022

Forward-Thinking Ideas for the USDA’s Agriculture Innovation Agenda

Close up of a drip irrigation pipe on a farm in Kenya with a budding plant behind it
Posted inAGU News

Our Place in the Food Security Chain

Heather Goss, AGU Publisher by Heather Goss 25 January 20213 November 2021

In our February issue of Eos, we look at what role geoscientists have in ensuring everyone in our communities has a meal on the table.

Bins of produce for sale in an open-air market in Accra, Ghana, in the summer of 2019
Posted inOpinions

Enhancing Food Security Through Earth Science Data

by M. E. Brown 25 January 202124 October 2022

When most agriculture in the world is rural, getting crucial geoscience information to farmers is a technical challenge that a few organizations are just starting to figure out.

A wind turbine towers over an irrigated farm field with mountains in the distance
Posted inScience Updates

Solving Shared Problems at the Food, Energy, and Water Nexus

by J. Zhuang, F. Löffler, G. Sayler, G. Yu and G. Jiang 25 January 202113 March 2023

A 15-year-old partnership among Chinese and U.S. scientists studying challenges in our food, energy, and water systems has revealed that solutions are best achieved through international collaboration.

A farmer weeds her field in Morogoro, Tanzania.
Posted inScience Updates

Sowing Seeds of Food Security in Africa

by C. Nakalembe, C. Justice, H. Kerner, C. Justice and I. Becker-Reshef 25 January 202110 March 2023

An innovative program focused on collaboration and capacity building is looking to improve outcomes for smallholder farmers, reduce hunger, and alleviate food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa.

Green shoots rise from dry, cracked soil.
Posted inFeatures

Climate Change Uproots Global Agriculture

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 25 January 202130 September 2022

Climate change is shifting where ideal growing conditions exist and is leaving farmers behind. How can we secure our future food supply and support the people who grow it?

Close-up photo of tree rings
Posted inNews

Tree Rings Reveal How Ancient Forests Were Managed

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 22 January 202121 July 2022

By analyzing thousands of oak timbers dating from the 4th to 21st centuries, scientists have pinpointed the advent of a forest management practice.

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