Pumpkins, squash, zucchini and their relatives accumulate soil pollutants in their edible parts.
Tricky Treats: Why Pumpkins Accumulate Pollutants
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Blast Them: a Rutgers Scientist Uses Lasers to Kill Weeds
Artificial intelligence-guided technology could replace herbicides on East Coast farms.
Marine Robots Field Tested in Kāneʻohe Bay to Better Understand Coral Reefs
A cutting-edge marine platform designed to revolutionize coral reef monitoring and mapping called ReefVision Robotics was field tested in Kāneʻohe Bay by University of Hawaiʻi researchers.
Climate Pathfinder: How Engineering Can Offer Solutions to Climate Resiliency
Karimah Preston is close to attaining her second degree in engineering. But when she first matriculated to North Carolina A&T University, where she would graduate with a bachelor’s degree in biological and biosystems engineering, she wasn’t considering engineering.
Carbon Offsets Are Failing. Can a New Plan Save the Rainforests?
It could be the last and best chance to save the world’s tropical forests. As international aid budgets for conservation crash and carbon offset schemes for protecting forests are widely discredited, Brazil is about to unveil an ambitious plan that would triple current finance for saving forests worldwide by channeling profits from international trade in government bonds.
Preparing Communities for the Future of Wildfire
Last year saw DRI’s inaugural global initiative aimed at advancing community resilience and adaptability in the face of rapid global change – AWE+, for an Adaptable World Environment.
