Blend solar panels with agriculture, new study recommends
Solar panels and plants can work well together, the research shows.
Tag: agriculture
Essential oils, a novel way to deal with a major pest
Organic farmers, rejoice!
Grazing animals drove the domestication of grain crops
This might solve a long-standing puzzle about plant domestication.
Ancient Celts had good taste in their drink, new study shows
The wine wasn't restricted to the higher echelons of Celtic society -- the craftsmen also enjoyed a glass from time ...
Nitrate pollution in US tap water causes 12,500 cancers each year
Agricultural pollution causes a concerning number of cancers, a new study finds
Researchers hack plants to use less water so we don’t starve when climate change hits hard
These plants will drink responsibly -- whether they want it or not!
Pests destroy around one quarter of our crops — even more in developing areas
This is the most comprehensive review of pest-related damage.
Plant roots may hold the key to the next generation drought-resistant crops
It's an arms race with climate change.
Insect damage to crops will drastically increase due to climate change
It's kind of like the locust plague, except we're doing it to ourselves, through global warming.
If the whole world ate like America, we wouldn’t have enough land in the world
We need to be more responsible -- starting from our plates.
Study weighs environmental costs of producing animal proteins so you know what to buy
Now you know exactly what your purchases do.
Humanity has contended with rising seas before — and it didn’t go well for us
It's a bad day when the ocean moves into your living room.
Researchers create the ‘crop hotspot’ map of Mars so we know where to settle
All work and no food would make the colonists very sad. Also very, very dead.
Using rocks for farming could improve soil quality, reduce CO2 emissions
The practice could reduce the need for pesticides, improve soil quality, and absorb carbon dioxide.
Europe’s first farmers mingled with the locals, slowly mixing the communities together
Until now, we didn't know if the two greeted with a handshake or a bloodbath.
Reinventing rice: New saltwater rice developed in China could feed over 200 million people
It could make a big difference in many parts of the world.
Smartphone AI spots sick plants with remarkable accuracy
In a new advancement, scientists developed an algorithm that can identify sick plants based on sight alone.
Early farmers probably didn’t really know how to select crops — but they were very lucky
Domestication could've well happened on its own.
Barley’s full genome sequenced after decade-long research effort
A tiny plant with a lot of genes.