Investigation into plastic pollution moves inland
New research highlights the increasing threat of microplastics to global farming and food production.
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Fight against menacing spotted lanternflies in NY to get extra $22M, Schumer says
If you see something, stomp something.
Plants & Animals
Aug 15, 2022
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Natural systems in Australia are unraveling. If they collapse, human society could too
In the long-delayed State of the Environment report released this week, there is one terrifying sentence: "Environmental degradation is now considered a threat to humanity, which could bring about societal collapses."
Environment
Jul 21, 2022
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Is organic farming always good for the environment? Researchers create strategy to help decide
Ensuring sufficient global food production and supply using sustainable methods is one of the most significant challenges we face this century.
Ecology
Jul 13, 2022
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Ploughing and tilling soil on slopes is jeopardizing future farm yields
Plowing and tilling on hilly slopes is causing farm soils to thin and threatens future crop yields, a new study published in Nature Food finds.
Ecology
Jul 05, 2022
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Promising uses of non-destructive sensors to aid food security and enhance sustainable agriculture
Researchers from the Disruptive & Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision (DiSTAP) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT's research enterprise ...
Biotechnology
Jun 30, 2022
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Intensifying heat waves threaten South Asia's struggling farmers, many of them women
Sitting in a semi-circle in the yard outside of a village school in Nepal, a group of farmers share their concerns about the future. They discuss how the rain is unreliable—droughts and floods are both becoming more common. ...
Agriculture
Jun 29, 2022
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Machine learning helps determine health of soybean fields
Using a combination of drones and machine learning techniques, researchers from The Ohio State University have recently developed a novel method for determining crop health and used it to create a new tool that may aid future ...
Agriculture
Jun 07, 2022
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Less air pollution leads to higher crop yields, study shows
Usually, increasing agricultural productivity depends on adding something, such as fertilizer or water. A new Stanford University-led study reveals that removing one thing in particular—a common air pollutant—could lead ...
Ecology
Jun 01, 2022
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Environmentally friendly insecticide selectively targets cotton pest
An environmentally friendly spray that targets and kills one of cotton's (and the world's) most damaging agricultural pests—silverleaf whitefly—has been created by scientists at The University of Queensland.
Biotechnology
May 17, 2022
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