Agriculture

Researchers call for stricter regulationCredit: Photo by Knut-Erik Helle Scientists are calling for more stringent pesticide bans to lower deaths caused by deliberately ingesting toxic agricultural chemicals, which account for one…

AgMIP climate change assessments benefit vulnerable farmers through interdisciplinary, multi-scale, and multi-model approachCredit: World Scientific "The global food system is challenged to become sustainable in multiple ways,"…

Juvenile reef predator vulnerable to coral stingsCredit: Dione Deaker Coral are not completely defenceless against attacking juvenile crown of thorns starfish and can fight back to inflict at times lethal damage, new research…

Credit: CityU's State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution Biodiversity is of crucial importance to the marine ecosystem. The prohibition of trawling activities in the Hong Kong marine environment for two and a half years has…

Pesticides have been used in European agriculture for more than 70 years, so monitoring their presence, levels and their effects in European soils quality and services is needed to establish protocols for the use and the approval of new…

A new pelomedusoid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar provides evidence for convergent evolution of suction feeding among pleurodires.Credit: Artwork by Andrey Atuchin. Joyce WG, Rollot Y, Evers SW, Lyson TR,…

Despite differences in aquatic life and toxic metals in streams across a broad region of the western United States, scientists found common responses to cleanup of acid mine drainageCredit: David Herbst Many miles of streams…

Credit: Christopher Marett and Gregory Tylka The soybean cyst nematode (SCN) is the most damaging pathogen of soybean in the United States and Canada and it is spreading rapidly, according to information compiled by Gregory Tylka…

Bringing a technique that has been a boon to other plants to the budding cannabis industryCredit: Jessica Lubell-Brand As nurseries and garden centers fill up with spring landscaping plants, home gardeners owe a lot to a technique…

Amy Fowler, Assistant Professor, Environmental Science and Policy, and Sarah Greenberg, Master's Student, Environmental Science and Policy, received $2,769 from Washington Biologists' Field Club to support Greenberg's master's research…

New study led by GEOMAR provides fascinating insight into a largely unknown marine life formCredit: JAGO Team, GEOMAR. Pyrosomes, named after the Greek words for 'fire bodies' due their bright bioluminescence, are pelagic…

Credit: Prof Shelby Temple University of Bristol research into octopus vision has led to a quick and easy test that helps optometrists identify people who are at greater risk of macular degeneration, the leading cause of incurable…

Credit: Swansea University Swansea University scientists have uncovered potentially dangerous chemical pollutants that are released from disposable face masks when submerged in water. The research reveals high levels of pollutants,…

Study reveals acres of spawning grounds in Upper Columbia River RICHLAND, Wash.--In a multi-stage effort to return migratory salmon to the Upper Columbia River so the fish may rekindle self-sustaining populations, scientists recently…

Credit: Cayman Islands Department of Environment Sea turtles in the Cayman Islands are recovering from the brink of local extinction, new research shows. Monitoring from 1998-2019 shows loggerhead and green turtle nest…

Credit: Troels Lange/SDU. Mangroves and seagrasses grow in many places along the coasts of the world, and these 'blue forests' constitute an important environment for a large number of animals. Here, juvenile fish can hide until…

Credit: University of Stirling Artificial intelligence that enhances remote monitoring of water bodies - highlighting quality shifts due to climate change or pollution - has been developed by researchers at the University of…

International research team led by Göttingen University investigates landscape and farm-level man-agement in cocoa agroforests in IndonesiaCredit: Manuel Toledo The importance of pollinators to ensure successful harvests and thus…

Credit: Debamalya Chatterjee/Penn State An abnormal build up of carbohydrates -- sugars and starches -- in the kernels and leaves of a mutant line of corn can be traced to one misregulated gene, and that discovery offers clues about…

Credit: Ravi Sheth Hertz Fellow Ravi Sheth says his lab in the Brooklyn Navy Yard is "like a Willy Wonka factory of microbes" geared toward improving the taste and safety of food and beverages. The company he cofounded, Kingdom…