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Here are the latest news stories from our climate adaptation through agriculture and soil management research teams. Check back for updates and findings from our Biochar, Saltwater Intrusion and Greenhouse Gas Emissions teams.
For Extension guidance to farmers and other stakeholders, see our published Fact Sheets. For additional news from our faculty and researchers, visit our NC State home at the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences.
News Stories From CASM Teams
- Climate change is causing sea level rise and increased flooding, threatening North Carolina’s most fertile agricultural land with saltwater intrusion. NC State researchers are testing soils and developing field kits to help farmers quickly adapt […]
- As major companies pledge support for regenerative agriculture, researchers and growers question what role it can play in North Carolina agriculture’s future.
- Join PBS at the NC Museum of Natural Science (or online) for a screening of their Earth Day special State of Change including two Crop and Soil Sciences researchers: Matt Ricker and Alex Woodley.
- Join PBS at the NC Museum of Natural Science (or online) for a screening of their Earth Day special State of Change including two Crop and Soil Sciences researchers: Matt Ricker and Alex Woodley.
- In an Earth Day broadcast special, PBS North Carolina examines natural solutions research on carbon removal and capture by two soil science faculty.
- Soil scientist Matt Ricker spent 96 days in the jungle with meager hand tools to bring back data that refine existing knowledge of early Maya water management at the El-Peru Waka site.
Other Press
CASM’s Dr. Alex Woodley talks with Spectrum One about agriculture’s role in mitigating climate change.
Dr. Woodley discusses the importance of climate-resilient agriculture to North Carolina’s farmers and citizens on Spectrum One.