Climate change is stressing rainforests where the highly sensitive cocoa bean grows, but chocolate lovers need not despair, say companies that are researching other ways to grow cocoa or develop cocoa substitutes.
Agriculture
Sep 1, 2024
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Many people have never heard of a red colobus, yet they are Africa's most imperiled group of monkeys.
Plants & Animals
Aug 16, 2024
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Forests can reduce hunger in rural households while also capturing carbon and advancing sustainability goals for low- and middle-income countries, according to new research by University of Notre Dame experts.
Ecology
Jul 22, 2024
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Scientists have found three new species that are close relatives to the plant from which chocolate is produced—a discovery that could pave the way for climate-proof chocolate. The team's research has been published in the ...
Ecology
Jul 4, 2024
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At first glance, it may not look like much more than a hole.
Archaeology
Jun 11, 2024
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Though it was the site of active tectonics 140 million years ago, today, the coast of West Africa is a passive margin, far from an active tectonic plate boundary and thought to be seismically quiet. So scientists don't fully ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 7, 2024
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There are eight species of baobab in the world, and they have a surprising distribution. Six are found in Madagascar, an island in the Indian Ocean; one is found on the continent of Africa; and the last is far away in Australia.
Plants & Animals
Jun 6, 2024
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Using a new multidisciplinary approach, a team from UNIGE and CNRS has retraced the food practices of a Senegalese village. This method will be useful for other archaeological research.
Archaeology
May 30, 2024
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Researchers have been working to track and study floating sargassum, a prolific seaweed swamping Caribbean and West African shorelines, and causing environmental and economic harm. The study, "Changes in holopelagic Sargassum ...
Plants & Animals
May 27, 2024
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A new model for predicting the effects of climate change on malaria transmission in Africa could lead to more targeted interventions to control the disease according to a new study.
Ecology
May 9, 2024
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