agriculture

The burning of fossil fuels for energy production is a leading cause of increasing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations.

There are several ways to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, both natural and engineered. Plants naturally absorb carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere as part of the process of photosynthesis.

May 15, 2009 - May 17, 2009 | Desert Center, California | Event Web site

FBI Farms Invites you to come and experience a working Jatropha Plantation. Watch live demonstrations of seed propagation, planting, pruning, automated mechanical harvesting, and the expelling of oil from Jatropha seeds for fuel to power the aviation industry, biodiesel production, and large scale energy generation.

August 2, 2009 - August 7, 2009 | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Event Web site

With fossil fuels waning, a public awareness of global warming and biodiversity issues increasing, and new green technologies breaking into public markets, the world is poised for planning sustainability of a global society.

Agriculture is an important aspect of Arizona's and New Mexico's economies.

The known extent of Salt Cedar (Tamarix sp.) invasion in the United States. The vertical line marks the 100th meridian, west of which rainfall drops below 45 cm yr−1 and agriculture becomes highly dependent on irrigation.

With more than 35 percent of Arizona’s land¹ and almost 60 percent of New Mexico’s land¹⁰ used for farming and ranching, climate change will most likely have significant impacts on the Southwest’s agricultural sectors.

Groundwater plays a critical role in human development and in maintaining important natural ecosystems in the arid Southwest. It helps sustain the flow of streams and rivers and maintains riparian and wetland habitats that are vital to plants, animals, and people.

Lilac flowers bloom when the tree gets its cues from the weather. Caribou give birth at the peak of plant abundance so that their newborns have plenty to eat. In the Southwest, as well as all other parts of the world, variations in the climate trigger life cycle events in plants and animals. Studying these events and their relation to climate is known as phenology.