Biochar and smarter water table management could help cut greenhouse gas emissions from peatlands
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A research team led by Iowa State University botanists confirmed cotton was domesticated from a diverse population native to Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, a potentially fruitful target for finding genetic traits that could strengthen the world’s most important fiber crop.
A major milestone for marine conservation has arrived in The Bahamas. FAU Harbor Branch, in partnership with The Island School’s Cape Eleuthera Institute and supported by Chef José Andrés’ Longer Tables Fund, has successfully launched the Queen Conch Mobile Lab following its first egg masses and hatch. Designed to produce up to 2,000 juvenile queen conch each year, the innovative mobile hatchery is helping restore one of the Caribbean’s most iconic and threatened marine species while advancing long-term ocean conservation across the region.