Growers who use cover crops are increasingly turning to a tool that can flatten out their actively growing fields, usually in a single pass. Known as a "roller/crimper," the technology can help reduce and ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 01, 2013 3 / 5 (2) 0

How fussy is a plant? A new measurement method developed by Alterra, part of Wageningen UR, gives the answer in a simple number.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 07, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Moisture and heat fluctuations from the land surface to the atmosphere form a critical nexus between surface hydrology and atmospheric processes, especially those relevant to rainfall. While current theory ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Jun 05, 2011 4.3 / 5 (3) 4 |

A biomechanical experiment conducted at the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science has answered a long-standing theoretical question: Will microorganisms swim faster or slower in elastic fluids? ...

Physics - General Physics

May 18, 2011 not rated yet 1 |

At the same time that demand for food is soaring along with the world's population, the soil's ability to sustain and enhance agricultural productivity is becoming increasingly diminished and unreliable.

Space & Earth - Environment

May 10, 2011 5 / 5 (3) 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are front and center in finding out how farming affects emissions of the green house nitrous oxide (N2O).

Space & Earth - Environment

Dec 10, 2009 1 / 5 (2) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Long-term, open-top chamber studies of how rising carbon dioxide (CO2) could affect crops, forests, and pastures reveal a wide range of impacts, according to Agricultural Research Service ...

Biology - Ecology

Dec 09, 2009 2.3 / 5 (6) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- "I wonder if I shall fall right through the Earth!" mused Alice-in-Wonderland as she tumbled down the rabbit-hole." How funny it'll seem to come out among people that walk with their heads ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jul 29, 2009 5 / 5 (5) 0