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Our Food Systems Are Complicated. Food Data Don’t Have to Be

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 4 December 20203 November 2021

Researchers made a “Google Maps” for global food systems. Could it help us tackle food’s thorniest problems?

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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.

Aerial view of the Green Mountain Reservoir and Heeney, Colo., in 2017
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Different Models, Different Answers in Water Resource Planning

by Terri Cook 19 November 202024 February 2023

The experimental design used in climate vulnerability assessments can strongly influence the assessments’ findings and skew decisions about which factors are most important for informing adaptation.

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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.

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¿Cómo Afecta el Reverdecimiento del Ártico al Agua Subterránea?

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 13 November 20206 February 2023

Nuevas investigaciones examinan cómo los cambios en la ecología de la superficie influyen en la hidrología subterránea en el Ártico.

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Using Nuclear Fallout to Measure Soil Erosion in Tunisia

by Issa Sikiti da Silva 5 November 202028 January 2022

Cesium-137 acts as a tracer to evaluate the efficiency of conservation methods.

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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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Biggest Risk to Surface Water After a Wildfire? It’s Complicated

Megan Sever, Science Writer by Megan Sever 20 October 20206 January 2022

Whether you’re considering short-term or long-term changes to water quality after a wildfire, scientists agree that sedimentation is a big concern.

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Pensando en el Zinc: Mitigando la Exposición al Uranio en la Nación Navajo

by R. Mazumdar 9 October 202020 September 2022

En un innovador ensayo clínico se estudia el impacto del zinc en la mitigación de los efectos sobre la salud relacionados con la minería de uranio. Éste se lleva a cabo mediante la “participación bidireccional” entre los Navajos y las comunidades médicas.

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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.

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