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  • Posted on October 23, 2024
    How Wet is America’s Soil? Nobody Really Knows, But AI Can Help

      From sudden floods to weeks of scorching heat, increasingly unstable weather is a headache for U.S. farmers. Known as “weather whiplash,” these disorienting swings […]

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    A Prolific Partnership Enters a New Era

      The day promises to be witheringly hot. Guolong Liang BS’19, MS’22 arrives at Isherwood Farm around 8 a.m. to get an early start. As […]

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    Student Centered

      We entered the fall 2024 semester with positive news about our undergraduate enrollment. At orientation and registration this summer, our academic affairs staff advised […]

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    Five Fascinating Facets of the Indigenous ‘Three Sisters’ Cropping Method

      The Three Sisters is a method of planting corn, beans, and squash in close proximity. The method was developed by Indigenous peoples in North […]

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    The Wide Way to Community

      Rutuja Gupte BSx’26 is an explorer by nature. She grew up near Mumbai, India, but she made the adventuresome decision to come to UW […]

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    Feed Fish, Grow Plants — on Water

      Back on April 22 — Earth Day 2024 — a small crowd gathered in UW’s D.C. Smith Greenhouse to celebrate and learn. Attendees sampled […]

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    Wolf Rewilding Leads to Unforeseen Species Interactions

      Opportunities to study carnivores before and after wolves are reintroduced to their ranges are rare. So researchers from CALS thanked their lucky stars when […]

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    What’s In a Name? Maybe Your College Major Choice

      If your childhood surname started with a letter toward the end of the alphabet, you might remember long wait times when teachers organized activities […]

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    Stimulus for Sharing Science

      As public discourse surrounding climate change, gene editing, and other pressing issues gains momentum, expectations for scientists to engage with the public are expanding. […]

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    Carbon Capture via Pasture

      In Can Farms Pull Carbon from Sky to Soil? (Grow, summer 2023), Hal Conick highlighted the early stages of an ongoing long-term study by […]

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    To Mulch or Not to Mulch? (And How Much?)

      Each fall, property owners are faced with a choice: remove leaves from the lawn, let them be, or mulch them in the turf. Opinions […]

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    The Insect Eavesdropper

      Emily Bick is an entomologist with three degrees in the field. She’s also something of a spy. Using a novel detector, Bick can listen […]