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Collaboration with Farmers is Key to Improving Soil Health and Agricultural Productivity

There are an estimated 40,000 to 50,000 species of micro-organism per gram of soil. Addition of certain microbes can tailor soil characteristics: removing contaminants, improving fertility and even making barren land available for farming.

27 Jan 2021

Newly Discovered Effect Could Possibly Mitigate Climate-Related Species Extinction

Changes in climate that occur over short periods of time influence biodiversity. For a realistic assessment of these effects, it is necessary to also consider previous temperature trends going far back into Earth's history.

22 Jan 2021

Pearl Millet can Withstand Climate Change Chaos Better than Wheat

In recent years, agriculture and climate experts have been warning that extreme climate events such as severe droughts with frequent heatwaves reduce the production of significant staple food crops like wheat, posing a severe threat to food security.

21 Jan 2021

Research Highlights How a Proposed MPA Network Could Help Protect Antarctic Penguins

New research led by BirdLife International, the University of East Anglia (UEA) and British Antarctic Survey highlights how a proposed network of marine protected areas could help safeguard some of the most important areas at sea for breeding Antarctic penguins.

21 Jan 2021

Study Provides Insights into Seafloor Marine Litter

The Messina Strait, a submarine bridge separating the island of Sicily from the Italian Peninsula, is the area with the largest marine litter density worldwide -more than a million objects per square kilometre in some parts-, as reported in a new review paper published in the journal Environmental Research Letters.

20 Jan 2021

Plant Pathologists Compile Data About Annual Corn Reductions Caused by Diseases

Plant pathologists working at universities across 26 corn-producing states in the United States and in Ontario, Canada, compiled data about annual corn reductions caused by diseases. Estimated loss from each disease varied greatly by region.

18 Jan 2021

Ocean Acidification Restricts Algal Communities to Low Biodiversity, Complexity

The New Year’s saying “out with the old, in with the new” may not suit the marine environment.

18 Jan 2021

Study Examines the Effects of Acidic Water on Octopuses

With the impact of climate change increasing by the day, scientists are studying the ways in which human behavior contributes to the damage.

15 Jan 2021

New Review Reduces Uncertainty in Forest Carbon Storage Calculations

Investors who bet on tropical forest conservation and reforestation to solve global warming by storing carbon in wood face huge uncertainties because the science behind predicting carbon stocks is still shaky.

15 Jan 2021