Small but mighty: Why microbes could be part of climate solutions
Strategies aimed at reducing methane emissions might be missing the mark because of tiny but crucial pieces of the puzzle that are often overlooked—microbes.
Strategies aimed at reducing methane emissions might be missing the mark because of tiny but crucial pieces of the puzzle that are often overlooked—microbes.
Environment
Aug 12, 2024
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You don't need to read the news or scroll through Instagram for long to stumble across the latest example of a rare and beautiful species that has gone extinct. Since AD1500, at least 705 vertebrate species and 571 plant ...
Ecology
Jul 29, 2024
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New approaches to managing rice systems in Latin America are proving effective at reducing water usage and cutting back the high greenhouse gas emissions from a crop that feeds nearly half the world's population.
Agriculture
Jul 1, 2024
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Researchers analyzed water quantity and quality data from domestic agricultural reservoirs to shed light on the hydrological impacts of a severe drought on degrading the water quality.
Earth Sciences
May 20, 2024
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Two bio-researchers, one with Huazhong Agricultural University, the other the Firefly Conservation Research Center, both in China, have identified the key transcription factors that regulate the development of light organs ...
This week, representatives from nearly 200 countries reached an agreement at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai to begin reducing global consumption of fossil fuels in efforts to reduce carbon emissions and stave off the worst-case ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 18, 2023
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As a child, Dong Van Canh watched while the rice fields of Vietnam's Mekong Delta were set alight to make way for the next crop, blackening the sky and flooding the air with potent greenhouse gases.
Agriculture
Mar 24, 2023
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The global food system's greenhouse gas emissions will add nearly one degree Celsius to Earth's surface temperatures by 2100 on current trends, obliterating Paris Agreement climate goals, scientists warned Monday.
Environment
Mar 7, 2023
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Rice, a major food crop, is cultivated on nearly 162 million hectares of land worldwide. One of the most commonly used methods to quantify rice production is rice plant counting. This technique is used to estimate yield, ...
Biotechnology
Mar 6, 2023
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Rice farmers depend on phosphorous fertilizers to maximize their yields of this major staple food, which helps nourish more than half of the world's population. However, there is a finite supply of the nutrient available ...
Ecology
Nov 16, 2022
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