Modern dogs have larger brains compared to breeds that are thousands of years old, according to a study published in the journal Evolution. A team of Hungarian and Swedish researchers
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Throughout the world, we are witnessing a decline in the numbers of insects as well as a drop in diversity. Several studies published in a special issue of Biology Letters
Flash droughts are becoming more frequent due to climate change, and this trend is only likely to worsen, according to a study published in Science. A team of researchers from
An international team of researchers, including from the University of Nottingham, UK, uncovered a key gene in plants that helps them use energy more efficiently and capture more water and
Farm to Fork: How the Ukraine war exposed Europe’s Farm to Fork green plan as unsustainable
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How the war in Ukraine has derailed the European Union Farm to Fork initiative — and sparked a debate about what constitutes sustainable agriculture. In March 2020, the EU, unveiled its
Europe’s life science laboratory EMBL is leading the first multi-European and cross-disciplinary study to assess biodiversity on a large scale. Coastlines are rich in biodiversity but also represent important sites
Targeted modifications of living organisms: Time has come to change the European regulation
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While a debate is in progress at the European level about the genetically edited products, it is time for the French government to revise its positions and to adopt a
A team of researchers developed a new green process to produce vanillin from lignin, according to a study published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition. The demand for vanillin (to make vanilla
A better understanding of how river temperatures fluctuate could provide a way to measure how climate change is affecting us, according to a study published in a new scientific journal
Soil transplantation may help areas needing nature restoration, according to a study published in the Journal of Applied Ecology. The global results were collected by an international team coordinated by