Around the world, agricultural practices have developed as a function of topography, soil type, crop type, annual rainfall, and tradition.
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Discovering Deep-Sea Sponges in Alaska
Hundreds of species have yet to be described in the ecosystems that support Alaska’s valuable commercial fisheries.
Deadwood in the Global Carbon Cycle
The speed at which deadwood decomposes in forests depends on the climate as well as on fungi and insects.
Climate Change Helped Intensify Hurricane Ida – A Potential Preview Of What’s To Come
Future storms could have even larger impacts "if we're not wise now," Texas A&M professor Andrew Dessler says.
Warming Atlantic Forces Whales Into New Habitats, Danger
Warming oceans have driven the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale population from its traditional and protected habitat, exposing the animals to more lethal ship strikes, disastrous commercial fishing entanglements and greatly reduced calving rates.
Prehistoric Climate Change Repeatedly Channelled Human Migrations Across Arabia
International and Saudi researchers have discovered archaeological sites in the Nefud Desert of Saudi Arabia associated with the remains of ancient lakes formed when periods of increased rainfall transformed the region into grassland.


