Gold mining significantly limits the regrowth of Amazon forests, greatly reducing their ability to accumulate carbon, according to a new study. The researchers warn that the impacts of mining on tropical forests are long-lasting ...
Environment
Jun 29, 2020
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Bees are valuable to humans not only because they produce honey, but also because they pollinate wildflowers and food crops. They exclusively eat nectar and pollen. So in areas where intensive agriculture is practised, they ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 26, 2019
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Pollinating insects could thrive if improvements are made to agri-environment schemes across Europe, according to a new collaborative study involving scientists from Trinity.
Ecology
Feb 18, 2020
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Recent research led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst evaluates how well machine learning can identify different insect species by their sound, from malaria-carrying mosquitoes and grain-hungry weevils to crop-pollinating ...
Ecology
Apr 4, 2024
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On average, organic farms support 34% more plant, insect and animal species than conventional farms, say Oxford University scientists.
Ecology
Feb 3, 2014
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The loss of plant and animal species around the world due to human activities could have been significantly underestimated due to a commonly used scientific method, according to a new study.
Environment
Apr 22, 2016
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Planting a multi-species mixture of cover crops—rather than a cover crop monoculture—between cash crops, provides increased agroecosystem services, or multifunctionality, according to researchers in Penn State's College ...
Environment
Sep 8, 2016
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Production of seedless fruits an under-estimated tool for improving food security, research shows
Ecology
Nov 11, 2016
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The use of large herbivores can be an effective means to prevent and mitigate wildfires, especially in places facing land abandonment. They can replace much more costly solutions like firefighting or mechanical vegetation ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 6, 2021
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Assessing the state of an ecosystem solely on the basis of short-term changes in the number of different species it contains can lead to false conclusions. This is the conclusion reached by an international team including ...
Ecology
Aug 2, 2017
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