The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced in August that it is deregulating the drought-tolerant HB4 trait in wheat. Casey Chumrau, CEO of the Washington Grain Commission, said this is the ...

Drought is a prolonged, abnormally dry period when the amount of available water is insufficient to meet our normal use. Drought is not simply low rainfall; if it was, much of inland Australia would ...

The same was true for most of the country. On Nov. 5, the U.S. Drought Monitor reported that more than 85% of the continental U.S. was experiencing “abnormally dry” conditions (or worse ...

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Australia is prone to drought partly because of its geography. Our continent spans the latitudes of the subtropical high pressure belt. This is an area of sinking, dry, stable air and usually clear ...

Re “UN talks fail to reach agreement on dealing with rising risk of global drought,” Online, Dec. 14: It’s disheartening to read about the failed talks and how dry land expansion will affect ...

Super lice are a strain of these parasites that are becoming more resistant to conventional treatment. A 2016 study found that resistant lice have spread to 48 states. More recently, a 2023 review ...

Antimicrobial resistance is the ability of microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi or protozoans to grow despite exposure to antimicrobial substances designed to inhibit their growth. Microbes can ...