Rice is a staple food for nearly half the world's population. However, it accumulates more cadmium from the soil than other cereals like barley and wheat. Reports estimate that 40–65% of our total intake of cadmium, a toxic ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 30, 2022
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Trillions of gallons of water must be saved from the drying Colorado River to avoid the worst-case scenario brought on by drought, climate change and overuse, federal officials announced earlier this summer, setting a deadline ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 22, 2022
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A team led by Kristen Guirguis, a climate researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, found evidence that the risk of hazardous weather is increasing in the Southwest.
Environment
Aug 12, 2022
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On a recent, scorching afternoon in Albuquerque, off-road vehicles cruised up and down a stretch of dry riverbed where normally the Rio Grande flows. The drivers weren't thrill-seekers, but biologists hoping to save as many ...
Ecology
Aug 3, 2022
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The region's sewers, creeks and storm drains were no match for last week's record-shattering rainfall—a downpour remarkable not just for its unprecedented total, but also for its intensity. Pouring water sprawled over creek ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 2, 2022
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An international team of scientists has released the updated and improved estimations of Potential Evapotranspiration and an Aridity Index for the entire world based upon a fully parameterized geospatial implementation of ...
Environment
Jul 26, 2022
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The continental shelf is the submerged extension of a continent and as such it is at the crossroad of terrestrial, oceanic and atmospheric influences. This confluence is the lead driver of the high biological productivity ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 19, 2022
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Water resources will fluctuate increasingly and become more and more difficult to predict in snow-dominated regions across the Northern Hemisphere by later this century, according to a comprehensive new climate change study ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 18, 2022
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The Sahel-Sudano-Guinean region has been experiencing significant land use and land cover change in the last decades due to climatic and anthropic impacts. A better understanding of these changes is essential for sustainable ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 7, 2022
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The drought currently impacting the upper Colorado River Basin is extremely severe. A new study from federal government and university scientists led by the Bureau of Reclamation and published in Geophysical Research Letters ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 9, 2022
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