How drought in Central America is pushing up the cost of living in Australia
What does a drought in Central America have to do with Australia's cost of living? Quite a lot, if the drought affects the Panama Canal.
What does a drought in Central America have to do with Australia's cost of living? Quite a lot, if the drought affects the Panama Canal.
Economics & Business
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When organisms pass their genes on to future generations, they include more than the code spelled out in DNA. Some also pass along chemical markers that instruct cells how to use that code. The passage of these markers to ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 28, 2023
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Like every industry, modern farming relies heavily on plastics. Think plastic mulch lining vegetable beds, PVC pipes draining water from fields, polyethylene covering high tunnels, and plastic seed, fertilizer, and herbicide ...
Environment
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Our understanding of animal behavior depends on observation. Researchers can study how animals are born, grow and develop. We can gather evidence of how they interact with each other and their environment.
Paleontology & Fossils
Aug 21, 2023
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Since the end of the second world war, factors such as more intensive farming and urbanization have reduced the abundance of wildflowers in Britain. In fact, the past 90 years have seen the loss of over 97% of the UK's wildflower ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 8, 2023
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Researchers have identified a number of chokepoints in U.S. agricultural and food supply chains through a study that improves our understanding of agri-food supply chain security and may aid policies aimed at enhancing its ...
Economics & Business
Jul 21, 2023
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Although more than enough food is produced to feed everyone in the world, as many as 828 million people face hunger today. Poverty, social inequity, climate change, natural disasters, and political conflicts all contribute ...
Economics & Business
Jul 17, 2023
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One country produces about 12% of the grains (wheat, barley, maize and sunflower) traded globally. Developing countries in Africa and South Asia rely heavily on it. In fact, this country supplies up to 40% of the grain distributed ...
Economics & Business
Jul 17, 2023
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Empowering women farmers in low and middle-income countries can lead to greater crop diversity—helping to improve year-round supply of healthy foods, research suggests. The findings have been published in The Lancet Planetary ...
Agriculture
Jul 13, 2023
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A new study revealing that huge expansions of extensive large-scale agriculture is making the South American plains more vulnerable to widespread flooding should act as a "wake-up call," say researchers.
Earth Sciences
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