Soil salinity is a critical concern in agriculture when excessive soluble salts restrict a plant's water uptake, according to ...

It was March 27. Although just a week prior Michigan was enjoying 60+ degree temperatures, the weekend rolled in with 20-30 degree temps and another late dusting of snow. It wasn't a lot of snow for ...

Winter had arrived, kicking off Yuma growers’ most important season for leafy greens. John Boelts, co-owner of Desert Premium Farms, had planted 80 acres of lettuce seedlings but lost 25 acres, nearly ...

Starved for freshwater, the Great Salt Lake is getting saltier. The lake is losing sources of freshwater input to agriculture, urban growth and drought, and the drawdown is causing salt concentrations ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A team of researchers has mapped a previously unknown freshwater reservoir sitting beneath the Great Salt ...

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Controlling river, soil salinity may mean hard choices for farmers Anyone who irrigates crops in the South Platte River Valley will tell you that farming on the lower reaches of the river is made ...

The Great Salt Lake is getting saltier, creating a serious threat to the ecosystems and the economies that depend on it. New research examines the trajectory the two halves of the lake might take on a ...