Recycling trees onsite can sequester carbon, save water and increase crop yields, making it a climate-smart practice for California’s irrigated almond orchards, finds a study from the University of California, Davis.
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Drifting With Broken Sea Ice
Cracks in the Arctic sea ice are important for satellite-based measurements of the ice’s thickness.
Coronavirus Lockdown Leading to Drop in Pollution Across Europe
New data, based on observations from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite, are showing strong reductions in nitrogen dioxide concentrations over several major cities across Europe – including Paris, Madrid and Rome.
Aggie Engineers Create Step-by-Step Method For Making Protective Medical Masks
Emergency room physicians asked Texas A&M’s John Criscione for help as supplies diminish.
Study Shows Potential for Using Fiber-Optic Networks to Assess Ground Motions During Earthquakes
A new study from a University of Michigan researcher and colleagues at three institutions demonstrates the potential for using existing networks of buried optical fibers as an inexpensive observatory for monitoring and studying earthquakes.
Sediments May Control Location, Magnitude of Megaquakes
Study finds that sediments can play a key role in determining the magnitude and location of devastating "megaquakes".