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Ecology Dec 16, 2025

Summer storms increase the risk of cyanobacterial blooms in clear water lakes

Researchers at the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) have investigated how summer storms change the ecology of deep, clear lakes in a large-scale experiment in the LakeLab at Lake Stechlin. ...

Environment Dec 10, 2025

Q&A: Food waste in South Africa is dumped in landfills—exploring healthier and more sustainable options

Every year, millions of tons of food end up in South Africa's landfills. This is a wasted resource that deepens environmental damage, worsens food insecurity and costs the economy billions. But there are opportunities to ...

Ecology Dec 9, 2025

Researchers say versatile grass could be used for sustainable fuel, building materials and more

When you look across a field of miscanthus, it's "hypnotically beautiful," says Emily Heaton, whose family farm has for two decades grown the first commercial field of this grass in Illinois. Dense, sun-loving and often called ...

Biotechnology Dec 9, 2025

Microneedle system delivers biofertilizer directly into plants, boosting growth with less waste

Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed dissolving microneedle patches that deliver living "biofertilizer" straight into plant tissue. In greenhouse tests, Choy Sum and Kale grew faster—by ...

Veterinary medicine Dec 1, 2025

Why researchers are studying lipid levels in chimpanzee blood

If you've had an annual checkup recently, your doctor probably ran a blood test to look at things such as your cholesterol levels. Researchers are also interested in the levels of cholesterol and other lipids in the blood ...

Agriculture Nov 28, 2025

A taste of the sea: Comparing five edible seaweeds

Researchers at the Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) and the University of Bremen have studied the nutritional value of five edible seaweed species, including some lesser-known algae, and examined their potential ...

Ecology Nov 17, 2025

Fish farming is booming in Lake Victoria, but pollution and disease are wiping out millions. How to reduce losses

Aquaculture—the farming of fish and other aquatic organisms—is the world's fastest-growing food production system.

Agriculture Nov 16, 2025

Ukraine's farms once fed billions, but now its soil is starving

For decades, Ukraine was known as the breadbasket of the world. Before the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022, it ranked among the top global producers and exporters of sunflower oil, maize and wheat. These helped feed more ...

Ecology Nov 14, 2025

Higher CO₂ levels are making our food more calorific and less nutritious

More CO2 in the atmosphere is making food crops more caloric, less nutritious and potentially more toxic. If we do not intervene, this could cause malnutrition, even in population groups that currently have enough to eat. ...

Biotechnology Nov 12, 2025

Year-round edamame: Hydroponic LED plant factories redefine sustainable cultivation

Artificial light-type plant factories are an emerging agricultural innovation that enables crops to be grown year-round in precisely controlled environments. By adjusting factors such as light, temperature, humidity, carbon ...

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