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A field on a Nebraska farm with a large irrigation arm watering the crop. Grain storage elevators are visible in the background.
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Modeling Groundwater and Crop Production in the U.S. High Plains

by Jady Carmichael 30 November 20208 November 2022

Innovative new research by a team of international scholars borrows modeling methods from ecology and applies them to groundwater sustainability.

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Agricultura Sustentable Reflejada en Calidad del Agua de Cuba

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 18 November 20206 January 2022

Las muestras de agua de 25 ríos en el centro de Cuba están dominadas por signos de erosión de las rocas en lugar de la escorrentía de fertilizantes, según muestran investigadores que trabajan en instituciones cubanas y estadounidenses.

Maasai men take their cattle to the river
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Movement Recognizes the Promises and Vulnerabilities in Pastoralism

Rishika Pardikar, Science Writer by Rishika Pardikar 3 November 202013 March 2023

With grassroots support, the Food and Agriculture Organization is moving closer to recognizing an International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists.

Aerial photo of a single boat making its way on Brazil’s São Francisco River
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Urbanization, Agriculture, and Mining Threaten Brazilian Rivers

by Meghie Rodrigues 27 October 20206 December 2021

Harder to analyze and quantify, diffuse pollution is often overlooked when it comes to water quality assessments.

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Rising Seas and Agriculture Created Wetlands Along the U.S. East Coast

by J. Pinson 23 October 20202 November 2021

Most of the tidal marshes along the eastern coast of the United States formed within the past 6,000 years due to a combination of slowly rising seas and European colonization.

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Finding Value in the Margins to Build a Bioeconomy

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 20 October 202022 January 2024

Monetizing environmental services of biofuel feedstocks could incentivize farmers to take advantage of marginal agricultural lands while also benefiting the landscape.

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Bat Guano Traces Changes in Agriculture and Hurricane Activity

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 13 October 202010 March 2023

Researchers hiked and rappeled into two caves in Jamaica to collect over 40 kilograms of excrement.

Aerial view of patchwork agricultural fields in Illinois
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Critical Agents of Change at Earth’s Surface

by P. Kumar, E. Herndon and D. D. Richter 29 September 202025 March 2022

By way of agriculture and industry, humans have major influences on the critical zone. Our past and present effects on the landscape, soil, and water will echo for a long time to come.

Irrigation machinery sprays water on the green vegetation of a mango farm in South Africa.
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Minireservorios Podrían Salvar a Agricultores con Suelos Arenosos

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 28 September 202031 October 2022

Una tecnología de retención de agua subterránea recientemente reactivada podría conservar el agua y aumentar drásticamente el rendimiento de los cultivos en paisajes áridos con suelos arenosos como el África Subsahariana.

Photograph of a lake in northern Florida with degraded water quality and ecosystem damage
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Exploring the Widespread Impacts of Ongoing Nitrogen Pollution

by B. G. Katz 23 September 202020 October 2021

The release of reactive nitrogen into the environment is having severe and ongoing ecosystem, economic, and human health impacts. How can we reduce our nitrogen footprint?

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