Tag: agriculture
Farmers face a soaring risk of flash droughts in every major...
Jeff Basara, University of Oklahoma and Jordan Christian, University of Oklahoma
Flash droughts develop fast, and when they hit...
Cloud seeding can increase rain and snow, and new techniques may...
Daniel Merino, The Conversation and Nehal El-Hadi, The Conversation
When an unexpected rainstorm leaves you soaking wet, it is...
These four challenges will shape the next farm bill – and...
Kathleen Merrigan, Arizona State University
For the 20th time since 1933, Congress is writing a multiyear farm bill that...
Pancakes won’t turn you into a zombie as in HBO’s ‘The...
Sheryl Barringer, The Ohio State University
In the HBO series “The Last of Us,” named after the popular video...
In rural America, right-to-repair laws are the leading edge of a...
Leland Glenna, Penn State
As tractors became more sophisticated over the past two decades, the big manufacturers allowed farmers...
Why taxing cow burps isn’t the best climate solution
Kevin Trenberth, University of Auckland
New Zealand, where agriculture is one of the largest contributors to climate change, is...
Bees face many challenges – and climate change is ratcheting up...
Jennie L. Durant, University of California, Davis
The extreme weather that has battered much of the U.S. in 2022...
‘Silent Spring’ 60 years on: 4 essential reads on pesticides and...
Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation
In 1962 environmental scientist Rachel Carson published “Silent Spring,” a bestselling book that asserted that...