Climate change and cattle: Genetics may hold answer to heat stress tolerance
How do farmers decide which cows to breed and which to put out to pasture?
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 3, 2023
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France to vaccinate millions of ducks against bird flu
France on Monday began Europe's only vaccination campaign against bird flu in ducks, hoping to avoid mass culls of millions of birds that have dearly cost the industry in recent years.
Ecology
Oct 2, 2023
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France launches bird vaccination scheme amid fears of a repeat of H5N1 outbreaks
Of all the recently emerging and potentially pandemic viruses, the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus H5N1 is one of the fiercest. First detected in Hong Kong in 1997, it spread to the rest of the world with a ...
Veterinary medicine
Sep 14, 2023
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Australia's unsung farm dams provide vital habitat to threatened species of frogs
Frogs are in trouble. While many of the world's animal species are now at risk from habitat loss, climate change and other human pressures, frogs are particularly at risk.
Plants & Animals
Sep 14, 2023
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Most nitrogen from farms goes into the 'nitrogen blanket' and direct deposition is very local: Report
On behalf of the Mesdag Zuivelfonds, researchers from the University of Amsterdam have measured within which radius around dairy farms the nitrogen emitted by the farm is deposited. By far the largest part of the emitted ...
Ecology
Sep 12, 2023
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Eating insects: The UK seems much more reluctant than the EU to let this industry flourish
Like it or not, there are lots of good arguments for eating insects—both in animal feeds and on human plates. You can farm them with much less land, water and feed than the likes of cows and sheep. Their greenhouse gas ...
Ecology
Sep 12, 2023
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Farms with natural landscape features provide sanctuary for some Costa Rica rainforest birds
Small farms with natural landscape features such as shade trees, hedgerows and tracts of intact forest provide a refuge for some tropical bird populations, according to an 18-year study in Costa Rica.
Ecology
Sep 10, 2023
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Paleolimnological study attributes Tibetan Empire collapse in 9th century to climate change
The Tibetan Empire was the world's highest elevation empire, sitting over 4,000m above sea level, and thrived during 618 to 877 CE. Home to an estimated 10 million people, it spanned approximately 4.6 million km2 across East ...
Aloe vera peels could fight staple food crop pests
The discarded peels of aloe vera can be used as a natural pesticide, helping farmers protect staple food crops from harmful insects, research suggests.
Agriculture
Sep 2, 2023
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Study shows making cities greener doesn't just capture carbon—it reduces it
Dozens of European cities could reach net zero carbon emissions over the next 10 years by incorporating nature into their infrastructure, according to a new study.
Earth Sciences
Sep 1, 2023
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