Category: Natural Resources

UF researchers find wheat production models disagree under climate change scenarios


June 10, 2013

Click here for high-resolution version. Caption at bottom. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida researchers have found, for the first time, that crop models predicting yields for one of the world’s most important crops begin to disagree ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: AgMIP, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Agricultural Model Intercomparison And Improvement Project, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Frank Ewert, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Jim Jones, Ken Boote, Nature Climate Change, Senthold Asseng, University Of Florida, Wheat

Wakulla’s Snakes Can Be Helpful


June 3, 2013

The late singer Tiny Tim may have tiptoed through the tulips, but he never walk through the weeds. It is likely because he was afraid of snakes. It is no coincidence the devil took on the form of a snake in the Book of Genesis. No creature ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Black Racer, Environment, Extension, Garter, Les Harrison, Natural Wakulla, Nature, Scarlet King, Snakes, Wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension

Oyster Recovery Team report: Drought and salinity major issues, not oil


April 25, 2013

For Immediate Release GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- There is no evidence that pollutants from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill contributed to the “unprecedented” decline in recent Apalachicola Bay oyster populations, according to a report this ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: ACF River Basin, Apalachicola, Florida Sea Grant, Oyster Recovery, Oysters, UF/IFAS Extension

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