Environmental
Scientists discover how trace amounts of arsenic were moving from sediments into groundwater aquifers in Southern California
Monitoring nitrate is one of today's biggest water quality challenges.
Discovery delivers high starch content, virtually no methane emissions.
A novel insecticide targets a specific gene in a pest, killing only that bug species on crops and avoiding collateral damage to beneficial insects caused by today’s pesticides.
Study shows how much enters air from plants, soil, surface water.
A new study led by a Kansas State University geneticist has shown that genomic signatures of adaptation in crop plants can help predict how crop varieties respond to stress from their environments.
With the announcement July 2 that BP has settled federal, state and local claims related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill for a total of more than $18.7 billion, leaders with Texas’ RESTORE Centers of Excellence are moving forward with plans to use millions in spill-related Clean Water Act funding on research and science activities that will benefit Texas and help to restore the health of the Gulf of Mexico.
Particulate matter linked to short and long-term health effects
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory this week released a study that shows gasoline and diesel refined from Canadian oil sands have a higher carbon impact than fuels derived from conventional domestic crude sources.
Sea spray aerosols (SSAs) are created with every breaking wave
“Just mentioning bees and pesticides in the same sentence is sure to get a buzz,” said Angus Catchot, an entomologist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service.
