Understanding and improving environmental quality by reducing soil nutrient leaching losses, reducing bioavailability of environmental contaminants, sequestering C, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and enhancing crop productivity in highly weathered or degraded soils, has been the goal of agroecosystem researchers and producers for years. Biochar, produced by pyrolysis of biomass, may help at...

Rising demand for food, fiber, and biofuels drives expanding irrigation withdrawals from surface water and groundwater. Irrigation efficiency and water savings have become watchwords in response to climate-induced hydrological variability, increasing freshwater demand for other uses including ecosystem water needs, and low economic productivity of irrigation compared to most other uses. We iden...

The control system for a municipal water system needs to meet the criteria of maintaining continuity and reliability in the water supply for satisfying the consumer demand while saving the energy costs and maintaining the quality of water. In this paper, we propose an intelligent agent system for a municipal water system. This work shows the benefits of using the agent-based approach in handlin...

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a daily staple food crop for more than half of the global population and improving productivity an important task to meet future demands expanding world population. The application nitrogen (N) fertilization improved rice growth in world, but excess use causes environmental economic issues. One main goals breeding reducing N while maintaining productivity. Therefore, e...

Earth’s environment provides conditions conducive for life: an oxygenated atmosphere; water resources; and soil as a medium for plant growth. Environmental processes occurring on the planet govern the movement of air, energy, matter, and water. Through the study of Environmental Sciences, students will learn the science and experience the beauty of the outdoor environment. This degree program a...

Introduction: Unsustainable natural resources utilization is on the increase in the developing countries thus the ability of many local communities to meet their basic needs including food, water and shelter is jeopardized. Uncontrolled gold-mining in Sikasso region is one such an anthropogenic activity that is of great environmental concern to the local and national governments of Mali owing t...

Driven by fast-paced global competition where the time-to-market of new products, services and communications into multiple languages and cultures is mission-critical, organizations are increasingly demanding translation services that provide faster turnaround while maintaining the highest level of quality. A key driver behind the need for speed and quality is the ongoing explosion of web-based...