Can rice filter water from ag fields?
Rice is a staple food crop of 20 percent of the world's population. It's also grown on every continent except Antarctica.
Ecology
Dec 5, 2018
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News tagged with water drainage
Boxing up ag field nitrogen
Spring in America's heartland is often wet. That makes its soil too soft for planting. One solution to that issue is tile drainage. Growers insert a series of pipes (drain tiles) under their fields, which drains water from ...
Environment
Oct 10, 2018
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Algal blooms a threat to small lakes and ponds, too
Harmful algae isn't just a problem for high-profile bodies of water—it poses serious, toxic threats in small ponds and lakes as well, new research has found.
Environment
Aug 23, 2018
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Steel chips show promise at removing E. coli from storm drain water
A summer rainstorm can rejuvenate the landscape, but the runoff it creates may contain contaminants, such as E. Coli bacteria, that can negatively impact water quality in rivers and streams. Peng Dai, a graduate student in ...
Environment
May 25, 2018
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Studies show urbanization impacts storms, rainfall despite surroundings
Two Purdue University studies show that urbanization changes storm patterns and rainfall amounts, highlighting the need for urban planning and infrastructure design that considers how the landscape will affect the weather.
Earth Sciences
Mar 12, 2018
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New system could remove two water pollutants from agricultural fields
Algae blooms in the Gulf of Mexico use up the majority of the oxygen in the water, leading to massive "dead zones" that cannot support fish or other wildlife. The culprit? Nitrate, running off agricultural fields through ...
Environment
Jul 31, 2017
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Chad is the country most vulnerable to climate change – here's why
Of the 186 countries assessed in a recent survey of climate vulnerability, Chad was rated most in peril. A combination of high poverty, frequent conflicts, and the risk of both droughts and floods means the central African ...
Environment
Jun 8, 2017
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Steel byproducts trap phosphorous in agricultural drainage water
The nitrogen and phosphorous that nurture crops become pollutants when they drain into lakes and streams. Woodchip bioreactors have proven useful in removing nitrates from tile drainage water, but researchers are still searching ...
Environment
Sep 24, 2015
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How solar tech can help California's drought
In the midst of California's ongoing drought, researchers at the University of California Advanced Solar Technologies Institute (UC Solar) at UC Merced are turning to an unlikely ally to help solve the problem of water availability ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 14, 2015
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Study suggests the Red Planet was icy rather than watery billions of years ago
The high seas of Mars may never have existed. According to a new study that looks at two opposite climate scenarios of early Mars, a cold and icy planet billions of years ago better explains the water drainage and erosion ...
Space Exploration
Jul 16, 2015
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