Tropical crops could suffer as climate change brings longer dry spells
Longer, hotter and drier spells in countries around the world due to climate change could hit important global crops within the next 50 years.
Longer, hotter and drier spells in countries around the world due to climate change could hit important global crops within the next 50 years.
Environment
Sep 9, 2021
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We ignored the warnings, and now it's too late: global heating has arrived with a vengeance and will see Earth's average temperature reach 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels around 2030, a decade earlier than ...
Environment
Aug 9, 2021
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Representatives of numerous pathogenic fungal species are finding new habitat on microplastic particles in the soil and could thus be one of the possible causes of an increase in fungal infections. Researchers from Bayreuth, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 20, 2021
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Scientists studying the impact of record heat and drought on intact African tropical rainforests were surprised by how resilient they were to the extreme conditions during the last major El Niño event.
Environment
May 17, 2021
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The climate crisis is no longer a looming threat—people are now living with the consequences of centuries of greenhouse gas emissions. But there is still everything to fight for. How the world chooses to respond in the ...
Earth Sciences
May 6, 2021
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Wasps deserve to be just as highly valued as other insects, like bees, due to their roles as predators, pollinators, and more, according to a new review paper led by UCL and University of East Anglia researchers.
Plants & Animals
Apr 29, 2021
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In the last few years, as climate changes continues to become more severe, there has been a growing push for rich countries to pay poorer ones to preserve and protect rain forests and other tropical forests. However, according ...
Environment
Mar 29, 2021
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Deforestation, certain types of reforestation and commercial palm plantations correlate with increasing outbreaks of infectious disease, shows a new study in Frontiers in Veterinary Science. This study offers a first global ...
Ecology
Mar 24, 2021
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In a normal year, biologists Daniel Janzen and Winnie Hallwachs spend about six months in Costa Rica, where they conduct research and pursue conservation efforts in Área de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG), a World Heritage ...
Environment
Jan 15, 2021
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Deforestation dropped by 18 percent in two years in African countries where organizations subscribed to receive warnings from a new service using satellites to detect decreases in forest cover in the tropics.
Earth Sciences
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