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Data science
fromNature
1 day ago

AI needs solid botanical data more than ever

The disappearance of specialized botany programs threatens biodiversity research and the effectiveness of AI in biotechnology.
#tomato-growing
#climate-change
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
20 hours ago

Suddenly, boom, it's completely warm': summers are getting longer especially in Sydney, study finds

Summer conditions in global cities are arriving earlier, lasting longer, and feeling more intense due to human-induced climate change.
Skiing
fromiRunFar
5 days ago

Every Rain Drop

Winter seems to have been skipped entirely, leading to concerns about drought and its impact on local economies.
OMG science
fromHigh Country News
3 weeks ago

The West's heatwave 'virtually impossible without climate change' - High Country News

The recent heatwave in the West is largely attributed to climate change, making such extreme temperatures increasingly likely.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
20 hours ago

Suddenly, boom, it's completely warm': summers are getting longer especially in Sydney, study finds

Summer conditions in global cities are arriving earlier, lasting longer, and feeling more intense due to human-induced climate change.
Skiing
fromiRunFar
5 days ago

Every Rain Drop

Winter seems to have been skipped entirely, leading to concerns about drought and its impact on local economies.
OMG science
fromHigh Country News
3 weeks ago

The West's heatwave 'virtually impossible without climate change' - High Country News

The recent heatwave in the West is largely attributed to climate change, making such extreme temperatures increasingly likely.
#gardening
fromTasting Table
2 weeks ago
Agriculture

Still Buying Seeds For Your Vegetable Garden? Check Out Local Libraries Instead - Here's Why - Tasting Table

Everyday cooking
fromTasting Table
9 hours ago

A Toothpick Can Save Your Garden Edibles From Too Much Water - Tasting Table

Toothpicks can effectively check soil moisture for plants, preventing overwatering and ensuring proper hydration.
fromTasting Table
2 weeks ago
Agriculture

Still Buying Seeds For Your Vegetable Garden? Check Out Local Libraries Instead - Here's Why - Tasting Table

#seed-starting
Agriculture
fromModern Farmer
1 day ago

April Seed Starting: What to Direct Sow vs. Plant Indoors

April is a crucial month for seed starting on North American farms, considering local climate and crop growth time.
Agriculture
fromEarth911
3 weeks ago

Seed, Sprout, Spectacular: Tips for Starting Your Garden From Scratch

Starting plants from seed saves money, reduces waste, and allows for better seed selection compared to buying nursery starts.
Agriculture
fromModern Farmer
1 day ago

April Seed Starting: What to Direct Sow vs. Plant Indoors

April is a crucial month for seed starting on North American farms, considering local climate and crop growth time.
Agriculture
fromEarth911
3 weeks ago

Seed, Sprout, Spectacular: Tips for Starting Your Garden From Scratch

Starting plants from seed saves money, reduces waste, and allows for better seed selection compared to buying nursery starts.
Environment
fromFuturism
2 days ago

Heat Waves Are Getting So Brutal That They Just Kill You, Full Stop

Wet bulb temperature is a critical measure of heat and humidity affecting human survivability, revealing a lower threshold for mass heat death than previously thought.
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

Fewer heat-related deaths in 2025 despite warmest summer

The UK Health Security Agency reported around 1,504 heat-associated deaths in England during summer 2025, roughly half the predicted 3,039, despite the season being the warmest on record.
UK news
Agriculture
fromRealagriculture
2 days ago

Managing cold stress in Canadian crops

Cold stress negatively impacts plant growth, germination, and crop yield, especially when seeding in cold soil conditions.
#extreme-heat
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

Non-survivable': heatwaves are already breaching human limits, with worse to come, study finds

Extreme heat is creating non-survivable conditions for humans, especially older individuals, during heatwaves that have already caused thousands of deaths.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Blistering early-season heatwave threatens California and other western states

An early-season heatwave will bring temperatures 20-30°F above normal across western US states, threatening daily and all-time March records while intensifying drought concerns amid record low snowpack.
Agriculture
fromFast Company
1 day ago

New uses for traditional crops are increasing value per acre

Crops are increasingly designed to serve multiple markets simultaneously, enhancing value creation without requiring more land.
US news
fromBoston.com
2 weeks ago

Record-smashing heat dome is spreading across much of the nation

A significant heat dome is affecting the Southwest and moving east, potentially creating one of the largest heat waves in U.S. history.
#vegetable-gardening
Agriculture
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Start small, grow what you like and be realistic: how to start a vegetable garden

Growing your own vegetables offers unmatched taste, health benefits, and can be done in small spaces without a yard.
Agriculture
fromTasting Table
3 days ago

The 6 Most Affordable Vegetables To Plant In Your Garden, According To A Farmer - Tasting Table

Tending a vegetable garden is a rewarding way to ensure fresh food and save on grocery costs.
Agriculture
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Start small, grow what you like and be realistic: how to start a vegetable garden

Growing your own vegetables offers unmatched taste, health benefits, and can be done in small spaces without a yard.
Agriculture
fromTasting Table
3 days ago

The 6 Most Affordable Vegetables To Plant In Your Garden, According To A Farmer - Tasting Table

Tending a vegetable garden is a rewarding way to ensure fresh food and save on grocery costs.
Madrid food
fromState of the Planet
3 weeks ago

As Climate Change Exacerbates Extreme Weather, Olive Oil Feels the Squeeze

Climate change is severely impacting olive oil production in Spain, leading to price increases and supply issues.
Environment
fromFortune
1 week ago

Data centers are so hot, their 'heat island' effect is raising temperatures up to 6 miles away and impacting 343 million people worldwide, study finds | Fortune

AI infrastructure is creating a 'data heat island effect' that raises local temperatures and impacts millions of people.
Everyday cooking
fromTasting Table
3 weeks ago

The One Thing Your Kitchen Garden Is Probably Missing Right Now - Tasting Table

Using a glass cloche enhances indoor and outdoor kitchen gardening by creating a mini greenhouse effect for plants.
Online marketing
fromSocial Media Explorer
1 month ago

Scrolling for Shade: What Homeowners are Actually Searching for Regarding Tree Care - Social Media Explorer

Social media tree-trimming trends prioritize aesthetics over proper arboriculture; professional pruning serves biological functions like wind resistance, not just visual appeal.
Agriculture
fromRealagriculture
1 week ago

The Agronomists, Ep 236: Nitrogen release from soil with Edgar Hammermeister and Marshall McDaniel

Predicting soil nitrogen release involves understanding influencing factors and utilizing tools for effective management.
Agriculture
fromModern Farmer
1 week ago

How to Kill Winter Crops Without Losing Soil Gains

Proper timing and method for terminating cover crops are crucial for maximizing soil biomass and ensuring successful subsequent crop growth.
Environment
fromArs Technica
3 weeks ago

A bit of good news: It's possible to turn around a groundwater crisis

Groundwater recovery can mitigate subsidence but may also lead to flooding, structural issues, and chemical problems in various regions.
Agriculture
fromTasting Table
1 week ago

5 Delicious Garden Favorites You May Be Able To Plant In April - Tasting Table

Timing is crucial for successful kitchen gardening, especially for planting seasonal vegetables and fruits.
Environment
fromLos Angeles Times
3 weeks ago

Record heat, melting snow: What does it mean for California's reservoirs

California's snowpack is rapidly diminishing due to record heat, impacting water supply for homes, farms, and ecosystems.
Agriculture
fromModern Farmer
2 weeks ago

5 Ways Interseeding Can Change the Farming Landscape

Interseeding enhances crop output and sustainability by allowing multiple crops to grow simultaneously, benefiting both large and small farms.
#california-water-crisis
fromLos Angeles Times
4 weeks ago
Environment

California's snowpack was already meager. Now comes an extraordinary heat wave

California's Sierra Nevada snowpack is at 48% of average due to an extremely warm winter, with rapid melting accelerated by an incoming heat wave threatening the state's water supply.
fromwww.pressdemocrat.com
1 month ago
Agriculture

Low snowpack, higher temperatures cause concern for Bay Area scientists, farmers

California needs significant March rain and snow to restore water resources after an unusually warm winter, despite February storms improving reservoir levels to 70-80% capacity.
Environment
fromLos Angeles Times
4 weeks ago

California's snowpack was already meager. Now comes an extraordinary heat wave

California's Sierra Nevada snowpack is at 48% of average due to an extremely warm winter, with rapid melting accelerated by an incoming heat wave threatening the state's water supply.
Agriculture
fromwww.pressdemocrat.com
1 month ago

Low snowpack, higher temperatures cause concern for Bay Area scientists, farmers

California needs significant March rain and snow to restore water resources after an unusually warm winter, despite February storms improving reservoir levels to 70-80% capacity.
fromTasting Table
2 weeks ago

Stop Starting Your Indoor Vegetable Seeds Too Early: Here's The Timing Rule Of Thumb To Go By - Tasting Table

Seedlings are ambitious and will germinate and start growing once pressed into damp soil, shooting toward the nearest light source. However, if they remain in small containers without natural light, they can become root-bound and leggy, eventually collapsing under their own weight.
Agriculture
Agriculture
fromRealagriculture
3 weeks ago

The Agronomists, Ep 234: Weather-data-driven decisions with Guy Ash and Jonathan Zettler

Sonoa is an AI grain market analyst providing 24/7 assistance for grain marketing decisions.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Extreme heat lab: enduring the climate of the future

"So whenever people think about hot weather, they always talk about the temperature," he says. "There's two issues with that. First of all, most people don't realise that the temperature is measured in the shade. So if you're in direct solar radiation, the amount of heat stress you're exposed to is much greater as it will stress your body out a lot more."
Public health
Food & drink
fromTasting Table
2 months ago

Why Colder Temperatures Make Spinach Sweeter Instead Of Bitter - Tasting Table

Cold-grown spinach becomes sweeter because the plant converts starch to sugar to lower cell freezing point; warm-grown spinach is more bitter.
Agriculture
fromTasting Table
3 weeks ago

What To Know About 'Chilling Hours' When Moving Indoor Peach Trees Outside - Tasting Table

Growing a peach tree indoors requires careful selection of variety, adequate sunlight, and sufficient chilling hours for fruit production and plant health.
#bitcoin-mining
Science
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Economics has failed on the climate crisis. This complexity scientist has a plan to fix that

An agent-based global economic super-simulator could forecast crises and guide policy, with a ~$100m build cost and massive potential ROI from crisis prevention.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

A sobering preview': extreme heat now affects one in three people globally, study finds

One-third of the world's population now lives in areas where extreme heat severely restricts safe daily activities, with elderly people experiencing over 900 hours annually of heat-limited outdoor time.
Miscellaneous
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Why is the UK so rainy this year and how is the climate crisis making matters worse?

A southward jet stream and repeated Atlantic storms have produced near-daily rain, saturated soils, and widespread flood warnings across much of the UK.
fromFuturism
2 months ago

Meteorologist Warns That Winter Storm Means Trees Are About to Start Exploding

With a major winter storm about to blast pretty much every US state east of the Rocky Mountains, many are scrambling to prepare for the cold, ice, and snow. And according to popular meteorology influencer Max Schuster, there's yet another winter-weather hazard to watch out for: trees exploding in the frigid air. On a viral post on X-formerly-Twitter, Schuster - who holds a meteorology degree
Science
#climate-acceleration
fromNature
1 month ago
Environment

The world is getting hotter faster - its pace nearly doubled in the past decade

fromNature
1 month ago
Environment

The world is getting hotter faster - its pace nearly doubled in the past decade

Agriculture
fromTasting Table
4 weeks ago

Can You Grow A Garden From Grocery Store Produce Seeds? - Tasting Table

Growing vegetables from store-bought seeds is possible but results vary based on produce type, growing method, and post-harvest treatment, with hybrid plants producing different crops than their parent plants.
#global-warming
Environment
fromFortune
1 month ago

The last 3 years were the hottest ever recorded. Here's why we may look back at them as some of the coolest we remember | Fortune

2025 was the third-hottest year on record despite cooling factors like La Niña, reduced solar activity, and fewer wildfires, indicating hidden warming influences are masking expected temperature decreases.
Environment
fromFortune
1 month ago

The last 3 years were the hottest ever recorded. Here's why we may look back at them as some of the coolest we remember | Fortune

2025 was the third-hottest year on record despite cooling factors like La Niña, reduced solar activity, and fewer wildfires, indicating hidden warming influences are masking expected temperature decreases.
Agriculture
fromFast Company
4 weeks ago

Why the industry that feeds 8 billion people still can't read its own data

Agriculture's fragmented, incompatible data systems prevent AI from delivering value, despite massive untapped information potential worth $500 billion globally.
Environment
fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

Low snowpack, higher temperatures cause concern for Bay Area scientists, farmers

March precipitation in higher elevations is critical for California's water security as snowpack remains significantly below average despite February storms and warm winter conditions.
Agriculture
fromRealagriculture
1 month ago

Wheat School: What long-term weather trends say about the future of wheat production

Rising nighttime temperatures in the Northern Plains and Western Canada reduce wheat yield potential despite increased CO2 benefits, though improved genetics currently offset climate impacts.
Agriculture
fromRealagriculture
1 month ago

RealAg Radio: Growing wheat in hotter summers, Alto rail pushback & aphanomyces economics, Mar 9/26

RealAg Radio's Agronomic Monday episode covers palmer amaranth control, wheat adaptation to heat, herbicide options, rail infrastructure impacts on farming, and aphanomyces economics with expert guests from agricultural institutions and organizations.
Agriculture
fromEarth911
1 month ago

Fill Your Windows With Year-Round Edible Produce

Window farms enable indoor food production in small spaces through vertical hydroponic gardening, with 71% of Americans planning to grow food in 2025 and over 27% choosing indoor methods.
Agriculture
fromModern Farmer
1 month ago

What to Plant in March: The Best Early Spring Crops - Modern Farmer

March is ideal for sowing cool-weather annuals directly and starting warm-weather crops indoors before spring frost ends and summer heat arrives.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Human activity helped make 2025 third-hottest year on record, experts say

2025 averaged about 1.48°C above preindustrial levels, continuing extraordinary global heat driven largely by fossil fuel emissions and escalating breach of the 1.5°C limit.
Agriculture
fromRealagriculture
1 month ago

RealAg Radio: Meteorological spring, sulphur management, and new variety considerations, Mar 2, 2026

Agronomic Monday covers meteorological spring, maple syrup season, DON risk in corn, sulphur management, wheat variety considerations, and risk management strategies for farm operations.
#sierra-nevada-snowpack
fromwww.nature.com
2 months ago

Atmospheric H2 variability over the past 1,100 years

Warwick, N., Griffiths, P., Keeble, J., Archibald, A., & Pyle, J. Atmospheric implications of increased Hydrogen use. GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/atmospheric-implications-of-increased-hydrogen-use (2022).
Environment
Agriculture
fromRealagriculture
1 month ago

High resolution imaging sharpens selection decisions in plant breeding

Remote sensing and digital imaging with AI enable early detection of crop stress and precise plant trait measurement beyond traditional field scouting capabilities.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

When it comes to preparing seeds for your garden, you'll reap what you sow

To an unimaginable eye, a seed looks inert. Yet they are packed with genetic information and biological processes poised to unfold. All it takes is the right configuration of signals and stimuli from the environment to let them know it's time to dare to grow.
Agriculture
fromModern Farmer
1 month ago

Your February Soil Checklist: What to Do Now for Healthy Soil

The term "soil fatigue" or exhaustion refers to the condition that soil profiles take on when they've been heavily monocropped and untended. This soil is devoid of the microbial content that offers plants bioavailable food. It lacks the fungal and bacterial organisms that interact with plant nutrients.
Agriculture
Environment
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

Is California really 100% drought-free for the first time in 25 years? Yes and no. Here's why.

California is currently classified 100% drought-free by the U.S. Drought Monitor for the first time since 2000, driven by three wet winters and broadly distributed precipitation.
fromTasting Table
2 months ago

15 Fruits And Vegetables You Can Start Growing In Late Winter - Tasting Table

Late winter is when keen gardeners can get a little restless. The weather is still cold, and spring still feels far away. Thankfully, you don't need to wait until the weather warms to start your growing season. There are plenty of fruits and vegetables that can be started in the late winter, ready for a bountiful harvest in the coming months. Each of these plants needs unique care in order to thrive, but thankfully, I can guide you through exactly the right steps.
Environment
fromFuturism
1 month ago

Forests Are Steadily Crawling North, Satellite Imagery Shows

Boreal forests are shifting northward and expanding due to warming, altering carbon sequestration potential and increasing young forest cover.
Agriculture
fromModern Farmer
2 months ago

The February Greenhouse: What to Grow Now

Use a greenhouse in February to start late-spring transplants and quick-maturing crops by leveraging heat retention, air circulation, and appropriate greenhouse features.
Environment
fromEarth911
1 month ago

Guest Idea: Late Winter Pruning Optimizes Tree Health for Backyard Carbon Sequestration

Prune backyard trees in late winter to reveal structure, improve health, and increase long-term carbon sequestration by removing nonproductive limbs and promoting stronger growth.
Environment
fromFuturism
1 month ago

Earth on Track to Become Uninhabitable, Scientists Say

Multiple Earth systems are approaching destabilization, risking cascading tipping points that could commit the planet to a high-temperature 'hothouse Earth' trajectory.
Agriculture
fromTasting Table
2 months ago

Most Fruit Trees Can Wait Until Spring To Be Pruned, Except These Two - Tasting Table

Prune apple and pear trees in winter to improve light, reduce crowding, and boost future fruit; avoid winter pruning for most other fruit trees.
Agriculture
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Are 'tech dense' farms the future of farming?

Precision technologies and digital tools increase farm efficiency, reduce pesticide use, boost yields, and make remaining farms more tech-dense and economically competitive.
Agriculture
fromRealagriculture
1 month ago

Corn School: Weather calls the shots on disease

Weather-driven conditions like prolonged leaf wetness and high humidity can trigger foliar diseases in corn, causing major yield losses without timely management.
fromTasting Table
2 months ago

When To Plant Peppers For The Biggest Harvest: It Depends On Your Zip Code - Tasting Table

The U.S. Department of Agriculture published the Plant Hardiness Zone Map, which breaks the country into 13 zones that help determine the best time of year to get started on various fruits and vegetables, such as peppers. Each zone varies by 10 degrees, and each subzone varies by five degrees, even if a single state can technically be broken into several zones.
Agriculture
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