New Columbia Engineering study—first to investigate the long-term effect of soil moisture-atmosphere feedbacks in drylands—finds that soil moisture exerts a negative feedback on surface water availability in drylands, offsetting some of the expected decline.
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Combining Solar Energy and Agriculture to Mitigate Climate Change, Assist Rural Communities
Co-developing land for both solar photovoltaic power and agriculture could provide 20% of total electricity generation in the United States with an investment of less than 1% of the annual U.S. budget, a new paper by Oregon State University researchers found.
Prevalence of Psychological Distress During First Months of the Pandemic Equaled That Experienced During Prior Year
The coronavirus pandemic is creating a large spike in significant psychological distress among Americans, with the first month of the pandemic causing as much distress in the same number of individuals that experienced it during the whole previous year, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
Pollutants Rapidly Changing the Waters Near Ieodo Island
There has been frequent occurrence of red tide in coastal waters around Korea where the sea turns red.
Sweetened Beverage Sales Bounced Back Quickly After Cook County Tax Repealed
Following the repeal of the short-lived Cook County, Illinois Sweetened Beverage Tax, sales of sweetened beverages went right back to where they were before the tax went into place, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago.
First Glimpse of Polarons Forming in a Promising Next-Gen Energy Material
Polarons are fleeting distortions in a material’s atomic lattice that form around a moving electron in a few trillionths of a second, then quickly disappear.


