…support global warming. He says that new data from NASA satellites show that the Earth’s polar ice caps have not receded. Taylor also indicates that the reference point for measuring…
Earth Day Adoption
…adopting your piece of Earth, log on to go.nasa.gov/adopt. I’m Cathy Isom… About the Data from NASA NASA’s view of Earth from space provides a perspective that can’t be gained…
NASA Report: San Joaquin Valley Land Continues to Sink
Groundwater Pumping Causes Subsidence, Damages Water Infrastructure New NASA radar satellite maps prepared for the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) show that land continues to sink rapidly in certain…
4-H and NASA Partner on Space Age STEM Curriculum
Astronaut and 4-H alumna Peggy Whitson NASA and 4-H, a program of USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), are teaming up with Astronaut and 4-H alumna Peggy Whitson…
Funding for Robotic Research
…Space Administration (NASA), Department of Defense, and Department of Energy. “These technologies are helping meet farm labor needs and making farming safer, more efficient, and more profitable,” said NIFA Director…
2017 Forecasted to Bring some Relief from Record Heat
…satellite records began in 1979. NASA researchers are in the field this summer, collecting data to better understand our changing climate. Read more. Image credit: (top left) Courtesy of NASA….
Leafy Green Machines As Deep Space Mission Food Source
A land grant university and private company are assisting NASA in addressing how to provide fresh food to astronauts during deep space travel. Rod Bain has the story. Space Mission…
Clemson Research Could Lead to Space Farming
Researchers at Clemson University are laying out the research groundwork for deep-space farming as part of a NASA-funded study. Clemson mechanical engineering professor Joshua Summers is working with Freight Farms,…
Agri View: Changing Weather
Everett Griner talks about global warming and what is causing our weather to change in today’s Agri View. Changing Weather From: NASA The consequences of climate change Global climate change…
Sustainable Groundwater Management Plans Approved by CWC
…lower than previous records. In August 2015, the Department of Water Resources released a new NASA report showing land in the San Joaquin Valley sinking faster than ever before, nearly…
New Regulations for Groundwater Management
…August 2015, the Department of Water Resources released a new NASA report showing land in the San Joaquin Valley sinking faster than ever before, nearly two inches per month in…
Clean Water Crisis Threatens U.S.
…said they expected a water shortage that year, according to a federal watchdog report. The scarcity is only expected to get worse. A study last year by NASA asserted that…
Agri View: Peanut Butter
…peanut with him to the moon. Read about peanuts bringing good luck to NASA. Former President Bill Clinton says one of his favorite sandwiches is peanut butter and banana; also…
Climate Change a Good Thing for Wine?
…the study’s co-author, Benjamin Cook, a climate scientist with NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City. “But since 1980, it’s been so warm because of climate change…