More accurate predictions about the methane cows produce could help in the fight against climate change.
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New models better predict how much methane cows make
Posted by Jeff Mulhollem-Penn State on April 1st, 2018
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No Comments »To cut pollution, use more recycled poo
Posted by Nerissa Hannink-Melbourne on August 28th, 2017
New research calculates the benefits of replacing synthetic fertilizers with the original—manure.
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Posted by National University of Singapore on August 7th, 2017
Analyzing the trade-offs of converting forests to farmland suggests the economic benefits outweigh the environmental costs in some places.
Posted in Science General Tags: agricultural, agricultural benefits, Agriculture, analysis, and costs will, benefits, benefits from agricultural, benefits provided, better selection, better understanding, billion, Biodiversity, carbon, Carrasco, changes, conservation, Conversion, costs will also, crops sometimes, crops sometimes make, Deforestation, deforestation worth, demand, distribution, Economic, Ecosystem, Ecosystem Services, environmental, Environmental Costs, focus conservation, Forests, global, greatest, identified, information, Losses, make deforestation worth, National, national university, People, provided, Regions, research, selection, services, sometimes, sometimes make deforestation, the benefits provided, the research team, the trade offs, these regions, trade offs between, tropical, Tropical Deforestation, Tropical Forests, understanding, university, will also help No Comments »Climate change in India causes spike in suicides
Posted by Kathleen Maclay-UC Berkeley on August 3rd, 2017
Failing harvests and resulting poverty have led to an epidemic of suicides in India, report researchers.
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Posted by Cindy Fox Aisen-Indiana on February 3rd, 2017
“…Mississippian villages started disappearing—one after the other—almost like lightbulbs in a string, but the question has always been ‘why?’”
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