A new study published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews on 23 August sought to determine whether Sweden’s current willow (Salix spp.) production, as a source of bioenergy, is capable of
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After 13 long years, scientists have achieved the once ‘impossible’ task of mapping the genome of wheat. Wheat is the most widely grown crop worldwide and is essential for food
A new study published on August 15 in Nature suggests that alternatives to harmful neonicotinoid pesticides may be just as harmful to bumble bees. New sulfoximine-based pesticides were touted as
According to a new study published on August 15 in iScience, an open source interdisciplinary journal, ocean microbes may play a key role in atmospheric processes like cloud formation. The research,
Assessing the impact of solar geoengineering: strategies to reduce global warming will not prevent crop damage
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A new study published on August 8 in Nature, a scientific journal, suggests that the positive effects of aerosols intentionally released into the atmosphere ― a form of solar geoengineering ―
Progress in sustainable agriculture: high-performing soil microbes boost plant growth and may reduce the need for energy-consuming fertilizers
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Two separate studies published this week highlight how beneficial bacteria support certain agricultural crops. One study identified an unusual relationship between one particular species of maize and soil bacteria while
A brief perspective published in Science on August 3, written by Dr Brande Wulff of the John Innes Centre in Norwich, UK and Dr Kanwarpal Dhugga from Mexico’s International Maize
Pesticides and cancer among farmers: the rush towards irrefutability (second part)
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In an earlier article, we saw that the prospective epidemiological studies on the health of farmers (AHS cohort in the USA, Agrican cohort in France), supposedly the most reliable ones,
As temperatures soar across the United Kingdom, utilities companies have warned of possible water shortages, while growers said consumers could see lettuce disappear from supermarket shelves. Thursday marked the hottest
The European Union criticised the United States’ decision to impose higher tariffs on olives imported from Spain this week, saying the move is unjustified. The decision, announced by the US