Natural Resources and Environmental Systems Research
October 18 – A research project to determine the impact of climate change on cotton, corn, and sorghum has reached a new milestone, with the completed installation of sensors designed to gather critical data. Research testbed on PVAMU Research Farm The sensors are a part of the efforts of College of Agriculture ...
December 2 - Dr. Ram Ray had the opportunity to use satellite images to retrieve soil moisture from the topsoil surface at agricultural land. Along with his colleagues Drs. Kishan Singh and Sudhir Singh, this team of researchers focused on investigating the methods to estimate soil moisture using satellite images (e.g., Landsat and Sentinel-1), models ...
October 18 –A research project to determine the impact of climate change on cotton, corn, and sorghum has reached a new milestone, with the completed installation of sensors designed to gather critical data. The sensors are a part of the efforts of College of Agriculture and Human Sciences (CAHS) Associate Professor Ram Ray, Ph.D., ...
November 26 - Communities in urban areas succumb to flash flooding very often during times of sudden and heavy rain. Cooperative Agricultural Research Center scientist Dr. Hamideh Habibi and her colleague Dr. Dong-Jun Seo have studied how the network of drainage systems in these areas can impact flash flooding. The team recently shared their findings in ...
November 19 - Agriculture is a global staple that's heavily impacted by climate change each day. Prairie View A&M University researchers Dr. Ripendra Awal and Dr. Ali Fares have taken their research on climate change effects in the Brazos Headwaters Basin to the next level by focusing on the necessary irrigation requirements farmers in the ...
November 12 - Some would argue that Global climate change has significantly shifted various weather patterns and impacted a multitude of climates. Prairie View A&M University researchers Dr. Ripendra Awal, Dr. Haimanote Bayabil, and Dr. Ali Fares set out to find out how extreme precipitation due to climate change has taken its toll on the ...
October 29 - Devastating impacts of landslides may now be averted thanks to research conducted by Cooperative Agricultural Research Center (CARC) Research Scientist Dr. Ram Ray along with his colleagues Dr. Jennifer Jacobs of University of New Hampshire, and Dr. Ellen Douglas of University of Massachusetts – Boston. The Journal of Mountain Science has published ...
August 20, 2018 – Groundwater is an important source for drinking, industry, and irrigated agriculture with the latter being the largest consumer of groundwater resources in Texas. In semi-arid and drought-prone areas, groundwater becomes a primary source to fulfill water demands. Advancements in technology that create the ability to visualize and analyze data have given ...
July 9, 2018 - The USAID Farmer to Farmer (F2F) Program transfers technical knowledge and expertise of U.S. experts, agricultural producers and businesses on a voluntary basis to middle-income countries around the world. The primary goal of the F2F program is to promote sustainable improvements in climate change, food security, and education. Moreover, the program ...
April 23, 2018 - Agriculture produces food and fiber, which are essential in our daily lives. With a dramatic increase in the world's population over the next few decades, the question of how we will feed a growing population is becoming more crucial. Precision agriculture (PA) is a scientific advancement that answers the call as ...
