Researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences will use a newly awarded $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to work with 13 other land-grant universities in the eastern U.S. to create an education program that would help private forests owners adapt to and mitigate climate change.
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Researchers have predicted that expanding the Aransas Pass — the marine pass between Mustang Island and Saint Joseph Island, offshore from the town of Aransas Pass, Texas — would increase the native red drum fish population.
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Green spaces in cities have a number of positive effects: they’re good for our physical and mental health, they’re good for the environment, and they can even help fight off the effects of climate change.
Hope for Present-Day Martian Groundwater Dries Up
Liquid water previously detected under Mars’ ice-covered south pole is probably just a dusty mirage, according to a new study of the red planet led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.
Dramatic Changes at Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai
NASA scientists have been closely watching the evolution of the volcanic island near Tonga since 2015.
Mystery of Sweetpotato Origin Uncovered, as Missing Link Plant Found by Oxford Research
New scientific research from Oxford University's Plant Sciences department transforms our understanding of the origins of the sweetpotato - identifying a key piece in the puzzle of the evolutionary history of one of the world’s most important staple crops.