Overfishing, hunting and intensive agriculture and forestry can sometimes contribute to plants and animals becoming endangered. New research from Lund University in Sweden and University of Toronto can now show why this leads ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 10, 2021
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Over 360 scientists from 42 countries—led by the University of Göttingen and Westlake University China—call for transition of food production systems to agroecological principles.
Environment
Jul 20, 2020
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Intercropping, or the simultaneous cultivation of multiple crops on a single plot of land, can significantly increase the yield, not only of low input agriculture, but also of intensive agriculture, and reduce the use of ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 11, 2020
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The environmental effects of agriculture and food are hotly debated. But the most widely used method of analysis often tends to overlook vital factors such as biodiversity, soil quality, pesticide impacts and societal shifts, ...
Environment
Mar 18, 2020
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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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The world's insects are headed down the path of extinction with more than 40 percent of insect species in decline according to the first global scientific review, published in early 2019. Intensive agriculture is the main ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 2, 2019
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More "intensive" beekeeping does not raise the risk of diseases that harm or kill the insects, new research suggests.
Ecology
Jul 17, 2019
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558
An international team led by researchers at The University of Manchester have discovered why some plants "live fast and die young" whilst others have long and healthy lives.
Plants & Animals
Nov 28, 2018
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160
It may seem off-putting to some, but human waste is full of nutrients that can be recycled into valuable products that could promote agricultural sustainability and better economic independence for some developing countries.
Environment
Aug 16, 2018
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65
A long-standing debate in the field of cultural evolution has revolved around the question of how and why human societies become more hierarchical. Some theorize that material changes to a society's resources or subsistence ...
Social Sciences
Mar 19, 2018
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