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A Purdue University digital forestry team has created a computational tool to obtain and analyze urban tree inventories on public and private lands with record-breaking speed at an unprecedented scale.
Growing up in Houston, Texas, Mel Sercu knew she wanted a future working closely with animals. Now an animal sciences major with a concentration in pre-veterinary medicine and a minor in biotechnology, she is building that future, one hands-on experience at a time. With the plan to graduate in winter 2026, Mel chose Purdue for its strong academic reputation and the opportunities it provides beyond the classroom.
If historical dietary trends continue, economic modeling shows that food loss and waste could reach 3.26 billion tons by 2050, an increase of 52% over 2014 levels. The modeling also projects that cutting global food loss and waste by half relative to a business-as-usual scenario would boost food availability and lower prices, especially for plant-based foods.
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