Researchers have developed a new, easier way to find the answer to the question, "How much carbon is stored in soil?"
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Scientists have assembled a collection of yeasts that convert agriculture waste into bio-oil, which is then easily converted into biodiesel or renewable jet fuel.
Apr 18, 2023 -
ARS scientists are sounding out a new way to improve biogas production and help the environment.
Apr 28, 2023 -
ARS researchers discovered that bees collect pollen from centipedegrass flower heads.
Apr 25, 2023 -
Scientists investigated practices that might help smallholder farmers increase sustainability of their lands and adapt to a changing climate.
Apr 20, 2023 -
A long-term honey bee monitoring network helps researchers to better understand colony performance and survivorship over multiple seasons.
Apr 19, 2022 -
ARS researchers are studying genetics and breeding to make honey bees more resilient.
Apr 06, 2022 -
Often viewed as pests, grasshoppers may have a larger environmental role to play.
Mar 02, 2022 -
ARS researchers have developed a unique mobile system that assesses and maps out soil carbon to a depth of 30 centimeters (the plow layer) – all in real time.
Mar 01, 2022 -
Researchers with the ARS Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics, and Physiology Research Unit have identified a region of the honey bee genome linked to reduced colony defensiveness.
Feb 11, 2022 -
Intercropping perennial herbaceous crops with trees successfully increased organic soil carbon levels.
Mar 24, 2021 -
Putting honey bees into indoor cold storage in October rather than November increases their chances of surviving the winter.
Mar 22, 2021 -
Collaboration between ARS scientists and more than 30 national and international institutions resulted in two new pollinator bee genome sequences.
Apr 26, 2017 -
ARS researchers are focusing on the honey bee “microbiome”—the bacteria and other microbes that inhabit the insect's gut.
Mar 04, 2019 -
Two oilseed crops that are good for pollinators—pennycress and camelina—can fit into profitable rotations with corn and soybeans.
Apr 24, 2018 -
Collaboration between ARS scientists and more than 30 national and international institutions resulted in two new pollinator bee genome sequences.
Apr 26, 2017 -
ARS helped the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with the launch of SMAP , a new satellite measuring the amount of water in top soil layers around the world.
Mar 15, 2017