A case study involving Europe’s largest coal-fired power plant shows space-based observations can be used to track carbon dioxide emissions – and reductions – at the source.
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The Adventures of NASA Scientists Through the Florida Marshes
Look up to the blue skies, look right to the boats floating out at sea, look left to the deep green marshes of the Everglades and Big Cypress National Parks in Florida.
Spinning Food Processing Waste into ‘Gold’
There is money to be made – and potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions – by finding a second life for the potato peels, fried dough particles, cheese whey and other industrial food-processing waste products that routinely end up in landfills, according to new research.
Midwest Farmers Using Cover Crops Take Small Yield Hit
Most farm fields in the U.S. Midwest lay bare over the winter. From the time of corn and soybean harvests—sometime between September and December—until the planting season in spring, valuable topsoil is often unprotected.
Artificial Photosynthesis Uses Sunlight to Make Biodegradable Plastic
In recent years, environmental problems caused by global warming have become more apparent due to greenhouse gases such as CO2.
Artificial Intelligence for Soil Health
Soils are under pressure from current farming practices, and the challenges are only increasing with the growing demand for food production.