Tag: Soil and Water Sciences

UF research aims to help reduce nitrogen flow into Tampa Bay

by Brad Buck
May 18, 2021

Not all algal blooms are harmful, but Amanda Muni-Morgan hopes to eventually mitigate the impacts of nutrients going into Tampa Bay. Those nutrients – often brought to the estuary by stormwater runoff -- can fuel a harmful algal bloom. As ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, NATURAL RESOURCES
Tags: Amanda Muni-Morgan, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Harmful Algal Blooms, Karenia Brevis, Mary Lusk, Mote Marine Laboratory, Nutrients, Soil And Water Sciences, Stormwater, Tampa Bay

Florida-grown coffee? How UF scientists are using AI to serve up the possibilities

by Samantha Murray
April 14, 2021

Most of the world’s coffee is grown in tropical regions. However, a changing climate could allow coffee to grow farther north — for example, in Florida. To understand how that might work, scientists with the University of Florida are ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Agronomy, Artificial Intelligence, Coffee, News, Plant Science Research And Education Unit, Soil And Water Sciences

Florida-grown coffee? How UF scientists are using AI to serve up the possibilities

by Samantha Murray
March 8, 2021

Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: #aiatuf, Agronomy, Artificial Intelligence, Coffee, News, Plant Science Research And Education Unit, Soil And Water Sciences

Shellfish may improve water quality in north Florida estuary

by Lourdes Mederos
February 17, 2021

A protected estuary in north Florida comprised of the Guana Lake and Guana River is showing signs of pollution. Home to incredibly rich marshes, mounds of mussels and live oyster reefs, scientists are hoping shellfish might be a way to ... READ MORE

Category: NATURAL RESOURCES, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: Ashley Smyth, Florida Sea Grant, Guana Lake, Guana River, Guana Tolomoto Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve, National Estuarine Research Reserve System, Shellfish, Soil And Water Sciences, Soil And Water Sciences Department, St. Johns County, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, UF/IFAS Tropical Research And Education Center, Water Quality

UF/IFAS boosts AI research to help solve perplexing issues

by Brad Buck
February 11, 2021

[inlinetweet prefix="" tweeter="" suffix=""]As UF/IFAS joins a university-wide push to increase artificial intelligence research, its faculty will help solve major problems.[/inlinetweet] Among them: ensuring crops taste good and resist diseases ... READ MORE

Category: SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS
Tags: Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Agronomy, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Diane Rowland, Entomology And Nematology, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, HiPerGator, Horticultural Sciences, J. Scott Angle, Machine Learning, Remote Sensing, Soil And Water Sciences, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Vance Whitaker, Yiannis Ampatzidis

Inland fisheries may provide a ‘safety net’ during pandemic, new study finds

by Samantha Murray
December 3, 2020

A new study led by University of Florida researchers has found that the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to shifts in the way people use rivers, lakes and other inland water bodies worldwide as sources of food, income, and recreation. These ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, NATURAL RESOURCES, Recreation, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching, Water, Wildlife
Tags: CALS, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Covid-19, Fisheries, Gretchen Stokes, News, Sam Smidt, School Of Natural Resources And Environment, Soil And Water Sciences

Some climate change questions answered as hurricane season peaks, wildfires rage

by Brad Buck
September 22, 2020

Wildfires out west? Check. Tropical storms or hurricanes hovering – seemingly everywhere? Check. Those are just two of the potentially catastrophic events caused in part by climate change, say University of Florida experts. “Our climate ... READ MORE

Category: NATURAL RESOURCES, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Ashley Smyth, Climate Change, Drought, Florida Sea Grant, Greenhouse Gas, Hurricanes, Sea Level, Soil And Water Sciences, Tropical Research And Education Center, Wildfires

New NIFA-funded research to examine cover crops in organic vegetable production systems

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
September 16, 2020

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture just announced funding for a project comprising an interdisciplinary team from the University of Florida. The three-year project, “Quantifying the nitrogen cycling ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Citra, Cover Crops, Entomology And Nematology, Gabriel Maltais-Landry, Grant Project, Horticultural Sciences Department, Nematology, Nifa, Organic, Plant Science Research And Education Unit, Research, Sarah Strauss, Soil And Water Sciences, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, USDA Organic, USDA-NIFA, USDA-NIFA Organic Agriculture Research And Extension Initiative, Xin Zhao, Zane Grabau

UF professor earns award from UF/IFAS Extension peers

by BLOGS.IFAS
June 18, 2020

By RUTH BORGER LAKE ALFRED, Fla. --- Water is essential to Florida farmers. They scrutinize the amount available, its quality and when and how they should use it to grow crops, feed animals and sustain their livelihood. University of Florida ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Citrus Research And Education Center, Davie Kadyampakeni, Florida Citrus, Outstanding Extension Specialist Award, Soil And Water Sciences

UF/IFAS program teaches what happens ‘After the Flush’

by Brad Buck
May 20, 2020

BALM, Fla. --- If you’re on a septic system, what happens after you flush your toilet? In a new, statewide UF/IFAS Extension program aptly titled “After the Flush,” Mary Lusk and her colleagues aim to teach Floridians how the state’s ... READ MORE

Category: SFYL Hot Topic, Water
Tags: After The Flush, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Mary Lusk, Nitrogen, Septic System, Soil And Water Sciences, Toilet, UF/IFAS Extension

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