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News Release 17-093
NSF awards $36.6 million in new food-energy-water system grants
New research into how to provide food, energy and water security for Earth's increasing population
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Farmland has a role in meeting increasing food and bioenergy demands in sustainable ways.
Credit: Xun Wang and Xin Zhang, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
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Struvite produced by wastewater treatment is being studied as a replacement for fertilizers.
Credit: Faye Smith and Kritofor Brye, University of Arkansas
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Wind farms are a renewable energy option for places with the right atmospheric conditions.
Credit: Rabi Mohtar, Texas A&M University
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A corn harvest and processing facility in Illinois produces some 350 million ga/yr of fuel ethanol.
Credit: Gregory McIsaac, Agricultural Watershed Institute, Decatur, IL
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Fish harvesting provides food to meet large -- and increasing -- global demands.
Credit: David Love, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
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In-stream hydrokinetic generators could provide energy to rural arctic and subarctic communities.
Credit: T. Paris, University of Alaska Fairbanks
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Hydroelectric dam construction requires planning for financial and environmental costs.
Credit: Lois Koehnken
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