Hurricane Helene’s winds surged in strength as the storm churned over unusually warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico and closed in on the Florida Panhandle and southern Georgia on September 26, 2024.
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First-Ever Imaging of Pathogens on Lettuce Leaves in Real-Time
As the global population surpasses 8 billion, the challenge of producing sufficient food becomes increasingly pressing.
Devastating Rainfall from Hurricane Helene
Hurricane Helene intensified as it approached Florida’s Big Bend in fall 2024, ultimately making landfall as a Category 4 storm at 11:10 p.m. Eastern Time on September 27.
New Synthesis Strategy Could Speed up PFAS Decontamination
Rice engineers demonstrate versatile, cost-effective way to make high-quality advanced materials.
Bacterial Contamination and Microplastics Threaten Colombia’s Largest and Most Productive Coastal Lagoon
A study led by researchers from the University of Barcelona and the Marine and Coastal Research Institute (INVEMAR) in Colombia warns of the presence of potentially pathogenic bacteria in microplastics extracted from water, sediments and the digestive tract of fish in the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, the largest and most productive coastal lagoon system in the Colombian Caribbean.
New Wheat Varieties Can Contribute to Food Security
Wheat is the world’s most important grain. But it has high environmental costs due to the need to fertilize with nitrogen.
