Want bigger, faster-growing blueberries? New research shows wild bees are an essential secret ingredient in larger and better blueberry yields – producing plumper, faster-ripening berries.
The Secret to Better Berries? Wild Bees
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Innovative UVM Program Turns Local Farms into Learning Laboratories
Senior environmental studies major Nell Carpenter is holding court, in a friendly, peer-to-peer kind of way, with eight fellow students in her PSS 212, Advanced Agroecology class.
NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson tests drone use for shoreline mapping
NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey and the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) recently conducted operational tests of small unmanned aerial systems — or drones — on board NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson in support of survey operations conducted along the south coast of Puerto Rico.
Dairy calves’ personalities predict their ability to cope with stress
A University of British Columbia (UBC) study published earlier this year found that dairy calves have distinct personality traits from a very young age.
A Glimmer of Hope for the World’s Coral Reefs
The future of the world’s coral reefs is uncertain, as the impact of global heating continues to escalate.
Industrial fisheries are starving seabirds all around the world
Industrial fisheries are starving seabirds like penguins and terns by competing for the same prey sources, new research from the French National Center for Scientific Research in Montpellier and the Sea Around Us initiative at the University of British Columbia has found.
