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Seedlings growing in a slash-and-burn agricultural field in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa. Credit: © FAO / Giulio Napolitano
Mobilizing AI to monitor forest growth and carbon sequestration

More than 1.6 million square miles of forests have disappeared since 1990, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That area exceeds the expanse of the seven largest U.S. states, and annual losses continue at a...

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Jacob Ricker-Gilbert
Resounding question drives Ricker-Gilbert's research

From his early days as an undergraduate, Purdue Agricultural Economics Professor Jacob...

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Colorful leaves, colorful garden: Keep veggies thriving in fall

It’s finally autumn, and soon alumni in black and gold sweatshirts will flock back to...

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Rice inspects insects in the lab
When passions connect: insect biology meets history

Her love for insects started early. “From the moment I could walk, I was outside looking at...

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