Growers, researchers, policymakers and others can now pinpoint California's most promising parcels of farmland to help replenish the state's dwindling groundwater supplies, thanks to a new interactive map developed by the ...
Environment
Oct 23, 2015
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Irrigation is critically important for feeding the world, but it's not very efficient. About 70% of global freshwater usage goes to irrigation. That percentage is even higher in the western U.S.
Environment
Jul 5, 2021
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After four years of drought, Iraqi farmer Mohammed Sami was about to abandon his father's parched land, but then a water-saving irrigation system revived his crops and his hopes.
Environment
Mar 24, 2024
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A solution is much needed to fight droughts and preserve crops. Researchers have now developed a device capable of checking the humidity in the soil, and releasing irrigation water as needed – just enough without wasting ...
Environment
Jul 12, 2013
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(Phys.org) -- A water-rich polka dot pattern takes over the traditional rectangular patchwork of fields in this time series animation of 40 years of Landsat images. In the dry Texas panhandle near the town of Dalhart, this ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 27, 2012
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Scientists know that urbanization and irrigation can significantly influence rainfall. However, they don't fully know how these effects vary among different types of rain. Researchers have investigated how large-scale urbanization ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 3, 2023
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Millions of people worldwide are regularly exposed to arsenic through drinking water and eating rice grown in soil and water containing high amounts of arsenic. Long-term exposure can lead to the development of different ...
Biotechnology
Feb 12, 2013
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A comprehensive new review of food waste in the People's Republic of China has concluded that about 19 of every 100 pounds of grain produced in the country go to waste, with related losses of water for irrigation and farmland ...
Environment
Sep 4, 2013
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Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) cyber security researchers warn of a potential distributed attack against urban water services that uses a botnet of smart irrigation systems that water simultaneously. A botnet is ...
Security
Aug 9, 2018
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Globally, irrigation increases agricultural productivity by an amount roughly equivalent to the entire agricultural output of the U.S., according to a new University of Wisconsin-Madison study.
Environment
Aug 25, 2011
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