Working to improve the resiliency of agriculture
According to a recent study published in Nature Sustainability, it takes 17 MJ of electricity to mine one dollar worth of Bitcoin. Compare that to the 5 MJ of energy are required to physically mine one dollar worth of gold.
As much as 40 percent of the food in America does not get eaten; however, one in eight Americans does not have enough to eat. Minimizing food waste could save an individual as much as $375 per year. Here are some tips to get started.
The incoming freshmen class at the University of Arkansas have not been alive during a time when it was cheaper to drive a gasoline-powered car than an electric one.
Pork production in the US has increased 84% since 1960; however, the land use for US pork has actually declined 56%, going from 33.2M acres to 14.7M acres.
Bitcoin uses more energy than the country of Chile, but experts say blockchain technology is revolutionary. The University of Arkansas has established the Blockchain Center of Excellence to discover and disseminate innovative uses of blockchain technology.
Explore the changes in carbon, water, land, and energy footprints of US pork production from 1960 to 2015 through a series of visualizations.