Climate change could double toxic arsenic in rice
Rice yields could decline about 40% by 2100, affecting about 2 billion people worldwide. What's more, the rice could contain twice as much toxic arsenic.
Nov. 1, 2019 • ~6 min
Lead isotopes reveal coal fly ash contamination
A new tool can spot contamination from coal fly ash. "Our hope is that this new tracer...will help us provide greater protection to communities at risk."
Oct. 22, 2019 • ~4 min
To protect city kids from lead, focus on the dirt
"Young children are extremely vulnerable to lead poisoning because of their normal crawling, hand-to-mouth, exploratory behavior."
Oct. 15, 2019 • ~4 min
Device microwaves weeds in the field
An invention microwaves weeds to destroy them without herbicies. It penetrates about 5 centimeters into the soil to destroy seeds, too.
Oct. 4, 2019 • ~4 min
Rotating corn and soybeans may take a toll on soil
Rotating corn and soybeans offers environmental and management benefits to farmers, but could pose long-term tradeoffs for the health of the soil.
Oct. 3, 2019 • ~3 min
Climate change could make it harder for soil to soak up water
Climate change may make it harder for the soil to absorb water. That could have serious implications for food production and security, researchers warn.
Sept. 12, 2019 • ~3 min
United States land might not be such a good carbon sink
Scientists may have overestimated the amount of carbon that US land can suck out of the atmosphere.
Sept. 6, 2019 • ~5 min
Lake Tahoe shows microplastics aren’t just an ocean problem
Lake Tahoe, one of the clearest, cleanest lakes in the US, shows how that the issue of microplastics goes way beyond the oceans.
Aug. 8, 2019 • ~3 min
Next antibiotic may come from dirt bacteria
"...we really need new structural classes of antibiotics that have never been contaminated by clinical resistance from established antibiotic classes."
Aug. 2, 2019 • ~7 min
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