Returning to farming’s roots in the battle against the ‘billion-dollar beetle’
Entomologists reaffirm the importance of crop rotation and diversification in combating the western corn rootworm's resistance to biotech crops.
South Atlantic anomalies existed 8 – 11 million years ago
Research has revealed that strange behavior of the magnetic field in the South Atlantic region existed as far back as eight to 11 million...
Climate scientists increasingly ignore ecological role of indigenous peoples
In their zeal to promote the importance of climate change as an ecological driver, climate scientists increasingly are ignoring the profound role that indigenous...
Changes in farming urgent to rescue biodiversity
Humans depend on farming for their survival but this activity takes up more than one-third of the world's landmass and endangers 62% of all...
Geoscientists glean data suggesting global climate changes increase river erosion rates
Using cosmogenic nuclide burial dating methods and optically stimulated luminescence dating, geoscientists establish ages for river deposits from the Yukon River basin that span...
Plant roots increase carbon emission from permafrost soils
A key uncertainty in climate projections is the amount of carbon emitted by thawing permafrost in the Arctic. Plant roots in soil stimulate microbial...
Scientists boost stability and efficiency of next-gen solar tech
Researchers have created next-generation solar modules with high efficiency and good stability. Made using a type of material called perovskites, these solar modules can...
Geophysics: A first for a unique instrument
Geophysicists have measured Earth's spin and axis orientation with a novel ring laser, and provided the most precise determination of these parameters yet achieved...
Photos may improve understanding of volcanic processes
The shape of volcanoes and their craters provide critical information on their formation and eruptive history. Techniques applied to photographs -- photogrammetry -- show...
Plato was right. Earth is made, on average, of cubes
The ancient philosopher Plato posited the shapes of the building blocks of the universe. According to him, the earth was formed of cubes. Researchers...
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