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Climate change models find staple crops face ruin on up to 1 million square km of African farmland
Jun 03, 2009 |
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A new study by researchers from the Nairobi-based International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the United Kingdom's Waen Associates has found that by 2050, hotter conditions, coupled with shifting rainfall patterns, ...
NM farmers work to preserve native chile varieties
May 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Gene Lopez has just finished planting his chile field in the same way he's planted his heat-packed crop for three decades. But as the years pass, there seems to be more immediacy behind each seed he places in the ...
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Desert plant may hold key to surviving food shortage
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Jun 19, 2008 |
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The plant, Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi, is unique because, unlike normal plants, it captures most of its carbon dioxide at night when the air is cooler and more humid, making it 10 times more water-efficient than major crops such ...
Livestock grazing and predatory birds combined may trouble farmland wading birds
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Apr 04, 2008 |
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Ecologists have shown that high densities of predatory birds together with high levels of livestock grazing can result in breeding failure among farmland wading birds.
Spreading antibiotics in the soil affects microbial ecosystems
Mar 30, 2009 |
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Antibiotics used extensively in intensive livestock production may be having an adverse effect on agricultural soil ecosystems. In a presentation to the Society for General Microbiology meeting at Harrogate International ...
Idle Farmlands Could Become Profitable Carbon Storage Banks
Oct 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Michigan's recently enacted renewable energy portfolio legislation sets new requirements for green energy production in the State. Michigan policymakers believe energy plantations could be a major source ...
England's butterflies are at risk
Mar 05, 2006 |
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England's butterflies are increasingly at risk, with the number of farmland butterflies declining by 30 percent over the last 10 years, a study finds.
Scottish partridges disappearing
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Jun 30, 2007 |
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Scottish ornithologists warned Friday that the grey partridge, once a common game bird, could become extinct if it is not protected from predators.
The anti-consumption movement: Researchers examine resistance to global brands
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 15, 2009 |
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What motivates people to rebel against global brands—or consumption in general? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research examines the connection between nationalism and the anti-consumption movement in India.
Hollywood squirrels get birth control
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Dec 29, 2007 |
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Forget killing pesky pests -- Hollywood's feeding birth control kibble to its pigeons.
Medvedev slams biofuel producers at grain summit
Jun 06, 2009 |
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday urged countries to switch to non-food sources of biofuel to prevent the spread of hunger in a world where every sixth person is malnourished.
Researchers use satellites to measure inland floods
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 17, 2008 |
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Satellites that were designed to measure sea level over the world's oceans can serve a valuable purpose over land, a new study has found.
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