Rice is the main food staple for more than half of the global population, and as the population grows, demand for rice is expected to grow, too.
Agriculture
Dec 9, 2021
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University of Delaware researchers are investigating consumers' willingness to purchase food products grown with recycled water.
Agriculture
Nov 18, 2021
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Moroccan environmentalist Mohamed Benata stood taking photos of what should be the mouth of the Moulouya river—but after years of drought and over-pumping, it comes to a halt just short of the sea.
Environment
Nov 15, 2021
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40
Half a degree Celsius may not seem like much, but climate experts say a world that has warmed 1.5 degrees Celsius above 19th-century levels compared to 2C could be the difference between life and death.
Environment
Oct 4, 2021
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Potatoes can become more brittle, apples may be harder to dehydrate, and sultanas might be off the menu altogether—these are possible outcomes of recurring and intensifying droughts under climate change in Australia.
Environment
Sep 14, 2021
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The United States and many other parts of the world are reeling under the impacts of severe drought. One possible solution is the desalination of seawater, but is it a silver bullet?
Environment
Aug 27, 2021
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A new way to control the motion of bubbles from researchers at Columbia Engineering might one day help separate useful metals from useless dirt using much less energy and water than is currently needed.
Materials Science
Aug 23, 2021
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The U.S. Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation declared a water shortage in the Colorado River Basin, announcing historic water cuts for portions of the western United States. The damning headlines are ...
Environment
Aug 18, 2021
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A huge reservoir that supplies water to tens of millions of people in the Western United States is at such low levels that populations it feeds must reduce their useage next year, the government said Monday.
Environment
Aug 17, 2021
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In recent weeks, catastrophic floods overwhelmed towns in Germany and the Netherlands, inundated subway tunnels in China, swept through northwestern Africa and triggered deadly landslides in India and Japan. Heat and drought ...
Environment
Jul 27, 2021
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