Jon Clements, UMass Extension, is cited in a news report from Rhode Island about peach trees at a Smithfield orchard likely facing damage from the recent arctic cold snap.
News from the Media
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Some of New England's Peach Crop Damaged in Frigid Temps
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How to Rewild a Wetland (Hint: Focus on the Groundwater)
February 9, 2023UMass Amherst researchers report they have discovered the best way to restore freshwater wetlands and have demonstrated that these wetlands are operating as self-sustaining ecosystems.
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What Is Tree Biomechanics and Why Should I Care?
February 1, 2023Brian Kane, environmental conservation, writes about what tree biomechanics are why we should care. He says, “From an arborist’s point of view, biomechanics is mostly related to understanding the likelihood of tree failure.”
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Fact Check: Parmesan Cheese Flavor Additive Is NOT Toxic In Small Amounts
January 12, 2023Lynne McLandsborough, food science, is quoted in a story questioning the safety of parmesan cheese flavor additive .
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The Best Oils for Frying, According to a Food Scientist
January 6, 2023Eric Decker, food science, explains how to choose the best cooking oils for frying.
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D-FW Is Burning Up for Spicy Food. Here’s the Science Behind It
December 21, 2022Research by Alissa Nolden, food science, is cited in an article about how chefs in Dallas, Texas, are responding to customers’ tastes for spicy food.
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Farmers Use $60 Billion of Pesticides Each Year. 2 MIT Scientists Have Developed a New Technology That Could Cut That Number in Half
December 20, 2022Susan Scheufele, UMass Extension, led a UMass team that conducted field trials of a new technology which could sharply reduce the amount of pesticides farmers use.
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With Clean Energy Corps Help, Municipal Buildings Find Green Future
December 8, 2022The work of UMass Amherst Clean Energy Extension’s Clean Energy Corps is profiled. The Clean Energy Corps is a class for UMass upper-level students that uses consulting methods to solve these problems.
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What Your Love of Spicy Food Says About Your Personality
December 7, 2022Coverage of a Frank’s Redhot survey of how much spice respondents prefer includes an interview with Alissa Nolden, food science, into people’s perceptions of spicy food and the oral effect of capsaicin, the chemical in chili peppers that creates a burning sensation in the mouth.
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To Save Nature, Focus on Populations, Not Species
December 1, 2022New research led by Brian Cheng, environmental conservation, is the first to show that the focus on species-level extinction risks due to global warming obscures a wide variability in temperature tolerance, even within the same species, and that this variability is greater for marine species than terrestrial ones.
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Forests and Their Role as a Natural Climate Solution
November 30, 2022In an episode of the podcast "This is U.S. Sustainability," Paul Catanzaro, co-director of the Family Forest Research Center, discusses trees' unmatched ability to combat climate change, and his work with family forest owners along with Professor Tony D’Amato, a silviculture expert from the University of Vermont.
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Climate Change at Home: UMass Toolkit Helps Towns Clear Barriers to Solar Power
November 24, 2022The UMass Clean Energy Extension has developed a planning toolkit to help small towns develop solar energy. Director Dwayne Breger, Associate Director River Strong and Research Fellow Zara Dowling say the toolkit creates realistic scenarios towns can work with to develop plans that meet their needs.
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Get Growing with Mickey Rathbun: Perennial advice in the 2023 UMass Garden Calendar
November 14, 2022A column details information included in the latest UMass Garden Calendar, which has been produced for more than 30 years by the staff of the UMass Extension Landscape, Nursery and Urban Forestry Program.
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Oregon Company Borrows Concept from Iconic Bridges for Elevated Solar Arrays
November 9, 2022Dwayne Breger, Clean Energy Extension director, is quoted in a story about using the design concept of suspension bridges to design elevated solar projects
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Christine Hatch will represent Western Massachusetts’ unique water needs and challenges in state agency
November 3, 2022Christine Hatch, extension professor of geosciences, was recently appointed a member of the Commonwealth’s Water Resources Commission. Hatch will be the only member of the commission representing Western Massachusetts.
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Masoud Hashemi Elected President of Three Organizations
November 2, 2022Masoud Hashemi, extension professor of sustainable farming and agronomy management, has been named president-elect of the Northeastern regional branches of the Agronomy Society of America (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), and Soil Science Society of America (SSSA). He will lead the triumvirate for two years (until late 2024).
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Weird, Tiny, White, Fluffy 'Boogie-Woogie' Bugs Filmed Dancing Around Leaf
October 28, 2022An article about beech blight aphids cites information from a fact sheet created by UMass Extension’s Landscape, Nursery and Urban Forestry Program.
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The Cranberry Bog Misconception You Can Stop Believing
October 24, 2022An article about popular misconceptions surrounding cranberry bogs cites facts provided by the UMass Cranberry Station’s website.
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USDA NIFA Workshop Report on Toxic Elements in Food Released
October 20, 2022The report from a virtual workshop on toxic elements in food held in April by Om Parkash Dhankher, Stockbridge School of Agriculture, and Jason C. White, director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) and an adjunct professor in the Stockbridge School of Agriculture, has been released by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
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Roundtables Talk Clean Energy Expansion Following Northeast Biodiesel Opening
October 2, 2022Dwayne Breger, director of the Clean Energy Extension, spoke at a roundtable discussion in Greenfield focused on how municipalities and nonprofits can use new incentives from the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act to build solar arrays.
