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Global Croplands Expand
Published March 24, 2022
Over the past two decades, global croplands expanded by 9 percent, with differing expressions on different continents.
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Not So Green Houses
Published March 13, 2022
The use of plastic on farms has become so common in recent decades that there there’s a term for it—plasticulture.
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Lasering In on Corn Fields
Published March 7, 2022
An instrument designed to measure tree height can also distinguish corn from other crops.
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Failed Rainy Seasons Create Food Emergency in Eastern Africa
Published January 7, 2022
More than 20 million people in Somalia, Kenya, and Ethiopia now face some of the worst food security risks in 35 years.
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Sizing Up How Agriculture Connects to Deforestation
Published August 11, 2021
Using satellite data from the past two decades, scientists are starting to pinpoint which crops and farming styles have lasting impacts on forests.
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Western Soils and Plants are Parched
Published June 11, 2021
For the second year in a row, drought has overtaken much of the United States from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Coast.
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Fine-Tuning Irrigation in Asia
Published April 21, 2021
Scientists harness satellite data to help farmers use less water in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
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NASA Data Aid Food Security Assessments in Kenya
Published January 25, 2021
Cropland masks and other environmental data can help agriculture agencies pinpoint where support is most needed.
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Romania’s Patchwork of Farm Fields
Published October 14, 2020
Farms in the historic Oltenia province display a compelling array of shapes and sizes.
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Derecho Flattens Iowa Corn
Published August 20, 2020
A line of thunderstorms with hurricane-force winds caused widespread damage to crops.
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Faint Glow, Clear Signal from Plants
Published July 10, 2020
As scientists detect plant fluorescence in better detail, they inch closer to helping farmers respond to extreme weather and close in on understanding how carbon cycles through ecosystems.
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Agriculture Fields in Central Poland
Published April 19, 2020
Narrow, rectangular farm plots with historic roots spread across the landscape near Warta.
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