With threats of water scarcity complicating the need to feed a growing global population, it is more important than ever to get crop irrigation right. Overwatering can deplete local water
Scientists propose improvements to precision irrigation
Lauren Quinn University of Illinois
April 29, 2021
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A new University of Illinois led study is identifying obstacles and solutions to improve performance and adoption of irrigation decision support tools at the field scale.
URBANA With threats of water scarcity complicating the need to feed a growing global population, it is more important than ever to get crop irrigation right. Overwatering can deplete local water supplies and lead to polluted runoff, while underwatering can lead to sub-optimal crop performance. Yet few farmers use science-based tools to help them decide when and how much to water their crops.
With threats of water scarcity complicating the need to feed a growing global population, it is more important than ever to get crop irrigation right. Overwatering can deplete local water supplies and lead to polluted runoff, while underwatering can lead to sub-optimal crop performance. Yet few farmers use science-based tools to help them decide when and how much to water their crops.
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Engineer answers nation s call in desert By ZHANG ZHIHAO | China Daily | Updated: 2021-04-08 08:58 Share Chen Liang (right) instructs fellow academics in Beishan, Gansu province, in 2016. CHINA DAILY
Why relinquish the prestige of teaching at one of France s top engineering schools to toil in the unforgiving desert mountains of the Beishan region in Gansu province? That was the question Chen Liang grappled with when he chose to embark on one of China s most ambitious projects.
The mission is to build China s first geological repository by 2050 to permanently lock away the demons of nuclear technology －the high-level radioactive waste that is the most dangerous byproduct of reactions inside nuclear power plants and the waste materials from recycled nuclear fuel.