How good is the data for tracking countries' agricultural greenhouse gas emissions?
Limited accuracy and transparency of national greenhouse gas emission inventories are curbing climate action, especially in the agriculture and land use sector.
Limited accuracy and transparency of national greenhouse gas emission inventories are curbing climate action, especially in the agriculture and land use sector.
Environment
May 19, 2023
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Two flood-resistant rice varieties are helping farmers in Africa to improve productivity, with huge potential returns for countries affected by climate change, agricultural food experts say.
Agriculture
May 16, 2023
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A horizon-scan of chemical pollution research needs in Antarctica has called for Antarctic Treaty consultative parties to extend their national chemical monitoring programs to their Antarctic research stations and Territories.
Environment
May 15, 2023
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Plagues of locusts that darken the skies and devastate all things that grow have been recorded since Biblical times, and today threaten the food security of millions of people across Asia and Africa.
Ecology
May 7, 2023
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Worldwide, growers lose between 10 and 23% of their crops to fungal infection each year, despite widespread use of antifungals. An additional 10 to 20% post harvest. In a commentary in Nature, academics predict those figures ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 3, 2023
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Spanish farmer Juan Francisco Abellaneda's salads and watermelons fill the shelves of European supermarkets winter and summer. But maybe not for much longer.
Environment
May 2, 2023
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An international team of researchers has fully sequenced the genome of a climate resilient bean that could bolster food security in drought-prone regions.
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 28, 2023
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An ominous shadow in the turquoise Caribbean waters off Venezuela comes from a deadly intruder—a soft coral that experts say has caused one of the most destructive habitat invasions on record anywhere.
Ecology
Apr 27, 2023
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Africa's valuable ocean resources have drawn the interest of foreign nations, particularly those in the West and Asia.
Environment
Apr 26, 2023
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In crop-breeding, plant phenotyping is the detailed study of a plant's characteristic 'visible' or phenotypic features. It includes counting the number of plants generated by a crossing experiment and grading the features ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 26, 2023
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