Female monarch butterflies have no trouble finding a mate—even when a parasite kills most of the males, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Apr 17, 2023
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One year after the start of the war in Ukraine, researchers Maria Cristina Rulli of the Politecnico di Milano, Jampel Dell'Angelo of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and Paul D'Odorico of the University of California at Berkeley, ...
Economics & Business
Feb 24, 2023
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Synthetic nitrogen fertilizers account for 2.1% of global greenhouse gas emissions, new research shows.
Environment
Sep 21, 2022
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Early this August, the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued yet another in a series of grave and disquieting reports outlining the extreme challenges placed on the Earth's systems by the climate crisis. Most ...
Environment
Oct 31, 2019
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A recent study reports that the geographical range of some agricultural crops -- such as corn and beans -- may be greatly reduced if temperatures continue to rise. While some farmers may be able to readjust what they grow, ...
Environment
Jun 3, 2011
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From a devastating food crisis in Guatemala to water cuts in Venezuela, El Nino has compounded drought damage across Latin America this year.
Earth Sciences
Nov 20, 2009
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Researchers in the Brazilian Amazon found universal mercury contamination among members of the Yanomami Indigenous group living in a region awash in illegal gold mining, said a study published Thursday, warning of devastating ...
Environment
Apr 4, 2024
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No longer a problem of the future, the climate crisis is now driving devastating real-world impacts here in Canada and worldwide.
Environment
Mar 7, 2024
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From the sky, they look like huge, circular patterns made by aliens—but in fact, they are an age-old technique farmers have brought back to fight the climate crisis on the Andean plateaus of Puno.
Environment
Feb 11, 2024
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Biosensing engineer Azahar Ali, assistant professor of animal sciences and biological systems engineering at Virginia Tech, is bracing for the arrival of a fourth agricultural revolution.
Biotechnology
Jan 4, 2024
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