Agriculture faces a conundrum: populations needing food are increasing and the necessary land and water resources to produce crops are not. What to do?
The perplexing situation was addressed recently in an article in the November Scientific American, titled, “Growing Skyscrapers: The Rise of Vertical Farms.” Author Dickson Despommier says an insufficient supply of arable land is available to feed a projected 9.5 million population by 2050. Agricultural practices causing environmental harm contribute to the problem... more
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AWR Insert: Dissolved Solids in Basin-Fill Aquifers and Streams in the Southwestern United States - Executive Summary The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently completed a regional study in the Southwestern United States to characterize dissolved solids conditions in major water supplies, including important rivers and aquifers.