The idea of food chains and food webs in the animal kingdom is simple: Remove a link or thread, and the system is broken. But nature is complex, and it's not always clear how the absence of one species may impact others.
Plants & Animals
Mar 7, 2022
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The United Nations on Wednesday agreed to start negotiating a world-first global treaty on plastic pollution in what has been hailed as a watershed moment for the planet.
Environment
Mar 2, 2022
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Disposable face masks could be harmful to wildlife, according to researchers who have observed harmful effects of the masks on keystone marine animals in coastal areas.
Ecology
Mar 1, 2022
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More than 100 nations convening in Nairobi next week are expected to take the first steps toward establishing a historic global treaty to tackle the plastic crisis afflicting the planet.
Environment
Feb 26, 2022
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Plastic pollution at sea is reaching worrying levels and will continue to grow even if significant action is taken now to stop such waste from reaching the world's oceans, according to a review of hundreds of academic studies.
Environment
Feb 8, 2022
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Surgical masks have been part of essential personal protection during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the inappropriate disposal of surgical masks can cause serious microplastic pollution, equivalent to seriously polluting ...
Environment
Feb 8, 2022
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The advent of the genome era and the demand for global food safety has led to significant breakthroughs in the field of fish biology and biotechnology in the past decade. These discoveries have not only seen new theories ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 24, 2022
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Mexican authorities breathed a sigh of relief Friday when experts determined that a die-off of pigs in December at a local slaughterhouse was due to salmonella and Pasteurellosis, a commonly occurring infection, and not African ...
Ecology
Jan 15, 2022
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Australia does not have a food shortage. Supply has been disrupted in some locations due to staff absences caused by COVID, that's all.
Economics & Business
Jan 13, 2022
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Ocean acidification—which is mainly caused by carbon dioxide gas in the atmosphere dissolving into the ocean—is a significant threat to the structure and function of marine life. In a study published in the New Phytologist, ...
Environment
Jan 6, 2022
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