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Artificial intelligence and farmer knowledge boost smallholder maize yields

Farmers in Colombia's maize-growing region of Córdoba had seen it all: too much rain one year, a searing drought the next. Yields were down and their livelihoods hung in the balance. To better deal with climate stress, farmers in Colombia's maize-growing region of Córdoba needed information services that would help them decide what varieties to plant, when they should sow and how they should manage their crops.

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Protein that triggers plant defences to light stress identified

October 16, 2019 0 Comments Botany, Cell Biology, Climate, Global Warming, Grassland, Ice Ages, Molecular Biology, New Species

A newly discovered protein turns on plants' cellular defence to excessive light and other stress factors caused by a changing climate, according to a new study.

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Study on climate protection: More forest — less meat

October 15, 2019 0 Comments Climate, Environmental Awareness, Environmental Issues, Environmental Science, Forest, Global Warming, Rainforests, Sustainability

Forests help protect the climate. Reforestation can decisively contribute to mitigating global warming according to the Paris Agreement. Based on simulations, researchers have studied the conditions that should be fulfilled in Europe for this. According to the study, sufficient increase in forest areas requires a transformation of the food system and in particular, the reduction of meat consumption.

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New tool enables Nova Scotia lobster fishery to address impacts of climate change

October 11, 2019 0 Comments Climate, Environmental Awareness, Fish, Fisheries, Global Warming, Marine Biology, Nature, Oceanography

Researchers use long-term survey data sets and climate models to help fishing communities plan for a warmer ocean. Researchers have developed a tool that incorporates projected changes in ocean climate onto a geographic fishery management area. Now fishermen, resource managers, and policy-makers can use it to plan for the future sustainability of the lobster fishery in Nova Scotia and Canadian waters of the Gulf of Maine.

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CO2 emissions cause lost labor productivity

October 11, 2019 0 Comments Climate, Environmental Policies, Environmental Policy, Geography, Global Warming, Poverty and Learning, Resource Shortage, World Development

Extreme high temperatures caused by CO2 emissions could lead to losses in labor productivity. The authors found that every trillion tons of CO2 emitted could cause global GDP losses of about half a percent. They add that we may already be seeing economic losses of as much as 2% of global GDP as a result of what we have already emitted.

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New material captures carbon dioxide and converts it into useful chemicals

October 11, 2019 0 Comments Air Quality, Chemistry, Climate, Environmental Issues, Global Warming, Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Organic Chemistry

The captured CO2 can be converted into useful organic materials.

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Population aging to create pockets of climate vulnerability in the US

October 11, 2019 0 Comments Chronic Illness, Climate, Environmental Awareness, Environmental Issues, Global Warming, Healthy Aging, Menopause, Personalized Medicine

Population aging projections across the US show a divide between cities and rural areas, which could lead to pockets of vulnerability to climate change.

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Fairy-wrens change breeding habits to cope with climate change

October 11, 2019 0 Comments Behavioral Science, Climate, Environmental Awareness, Genetics, Global Warming, Hurricanes and Cyclones, Mating and Breeding, Nature

Warmer temperatures linked to climate change are having a big impact on the breeding habits of one of Australia's most recognisable bird species.

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Solution to Ice Age ocean chemistry puzzle

October 10, 2019 0 Comments Ancient DNA, Climate, Early Climate, Evolution, Fish, Global Warming, Marine Biology, Nature, Oceanography

New research into the chemistry of the oceans during ice ages is helping to solve a puzzle that has engaged scientists for more than two decades. At issue is how much of the CO2 that entered the ocean during ice ages can be attributed to the 'biological pump', where atmospheric carbon is absorbed by phytoplankton and sequestered to the seafloor as organisms die and sink.

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Sunlight degrades polystyrene faster than expected

October 10, 2019 0 Comments Chemistry, Environmental Awareness, Environmental Issues, Global Warming, Materials Science, Optics, Organic Chemistry, Water

Researchers show that polystyrene, one of the world's most ubiquitous plastics, may degrade in decades or centuries when exposed to sunlight, rather than thousands of years as previously thought.