Endangered rhinos and elephants are rebounding in Uganda’s wildlife reserves, buoyed by decades-long conservation efforts, the state wildlife agency said Thursday.
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Sensing Water for Smarter Agriculture
Smart electronic soil sensors could enable farmers to deliver tailored doses of water to their crops, maximizing food production while saving water.
Doubling Protected Lands for Biodiversity Could Require Tradeoffs with Other Land Uses, Study Finds
Although more than half the world’s countries have committed to protecting at least 30% of land and oceans by 2030 in support of biodiversity, various questions emerge: Where and what type of land should be protected?
OU Researcher Aims to Mitigate the Impact of Extreme Weather and Climate Uncertainty
Abrupt weather extremes, changing climate and frequent natural hazards such as floods and droughts create challenges for our nation’s aging reservoir systems.
January 2023 Was Nation’s 6th Warmest on Record
The new year started off on a very warm note across the U.S., with the nation seeing its sixth-warmest January on record, according to scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
Can Clay Capture Carbon Dioxide?
The atmospheric level of carbon dioxide — a gas that is great at trapping heat, contributing to climate change — is almost double what it was prior to the Industrial Revolution, yet it only constitutes 0.0415% of the air we breathe.