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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 13-Sep-2025 06:11 ET (13-Sep-2025 10:11 GMT/UTC)

FFAR taps Danforth Center plant scientists for crop research to preserve soil and water health

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Business Announcement

The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) and matching funders today awarded two Seeding Solutions grants totaling over $5 million to the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center (Danforth Center) for crop development research.

What NASA is learning from the biggest geomagnetic storm in 20 years

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

On May 10, 2024, the first G5 or “severe” geomagnetic storm in over two decades hit Earth. The event, named the Gannon storm in memory of leading space weather physicist Jennifer Gannon, did not cause any catastrophic damages. But a year on, key insights from the Gannon storm are helping us understand and prepare for future geomagnetic storms.

Journal: Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics

Machine learning powers new approach to detecting soil contaminants

Rice University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of researchers at Rice and Baylor College of Medicine has developed a new strategy for identifying hazardous pollutants in soil ⎯ even ones that have never been isolated or studied in a lab.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, Welch Foundation, Carl and Lillian Illig Fellowship

Central Asia's alpine forests: growing against the tide

Tsinghua University Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study published in Forest Ecosystems shows that low-latitude warming has increased tree growth in Central Asia's alpine forests since the 20th century. Researchers analyzed 128 tree-ring records and found a significant upward trend in tree radial growth, driven by enhanced regional temperatures and precipitation. However, they warn that continued warming may eventually reverse these gains. Future research needs to refine models to better understand these dynamics.

Journal: Forest Ecosystems

Heat and land use: Bees suffer in particular

University of Würzburg
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a new study, researchers at the University of Würzburg are investigating the interaction of major global change drivers on insects.

Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Metals and hormone-disrupting substances pose real threat to sustainable agriculture and water management in Europe

Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Metals and hormone-disrupting substances such as oestrogens present a genuine risk to the sustainability of agriculture and water management in Europe. This is the conclusion of doctoral research conducted by Chinese environmental scientist Yuwei Jia at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). Her research provides new insights into the distribution, availability, and risks associated with these pollutants, while also highlighting shortcomings in current regulations.

Journal: Science of The Total Environment

Generalist pests cause more damage, specialists kill more trees

USDA Forest Service ‑ Southern Research Station
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research highlights the importance of classifying pests as specialists or generalists. The researchers compared two approaches and found that the specialist-generalist continuum is the most useful.

Journal: Forests

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