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Parasite spread has been implicated as a major driver of bee population decline. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Regenerative agriculture is a conservation and rehabilitation approach to food and farming systems. It focuses on topsoil regeneration, increasing  biodiversity , improving the water cycle, enhancing ecosystem services, supporting bio-sequestration, increasing resilience to climate change, and strengthening the health and vitality of farm soil. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

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The combustion of fossil fuels is often (rightly) regarded as the chief source of many negative environmental consequences, such as the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and climate change. However, recent computer models have suggested that even if all combustion of oil, coal and gas was to cease tomorrow, global warming would still exceed the 1.5°C threshold agreed upon at the Paris climate su...

While the electronic tongue bears little physical resemblance to its namesake, the strand-like sensory probes of the "e-tongue" still outperformed human senses when detecting contaminated wine in a recent study. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Precision fermentation is a relatively new food technology that is rapidly entering the mainstream. Products such as milk protein, animal fats, collagen, honey, lobster, egg whites and more are receiving hundreds of millions of investor dollars. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Lead is a toxic metal that negatively affects body systems of people and animals, with the nervous system being particularly sensitive. Although elevated levels of dietary lead are potentially damaging to animal health, lead shot can be legally used for hunting terrestrial gamebirds, like pheasants, in the UK. While most pheasants are eaten by people, some are used in petfood. Hosted on Acast. See...

  A new study  led by researchers from Sweden and Switzerland has found that the weight of farming machinery today is approaching that of the largest animals to have ever roamed the Earth – the sauropods. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mechanical devices are increasingly being considered as a potential way to help address plastic pollution found globally in marine environments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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MycoLogic began as an academic research project at Kennesaw State University by co-founders Drs. Chris Cornelison and Kyle Gabriel. As applied microbiologists, with a focus in mycology, we began to look at specialty mushroom cultivation after discussing the general lack of mushroom diversity in local markets. Why could we only find 3 varieties? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...

Lots of consumers say that they’re trying.1 Polling data from the UK suggests that nearly half (44%) of consumers try to buy less meat “All the time” or “Fairly often”. Visit the website above. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A new study led by the University of Liverpool has found that wandering albatrosses with older partners spend less time on foraging trips than those with sprightlier partners so that their mate has a shorter wait without food. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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An international team of scientists, including from the Universities of Bristol and Oxford, and the Natural History Museum, have discovered that a well-preserved fossilised worm dating from 518-million-years-ago resembles the ancestor of three major groups of living animals.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Despite efforts to pivot toward renewable sources of energy, oil remains the backbone of modern society. It provides fuels for heat and transportation, and chemicals for everything from plastics to pharmaceuticals. But all these uses require separating crude oil into its various components. That separation process—which traditionally relies on heat—takes a tremendous amount of energy and accounts...

Agriculture has disrupted the planet more than anything we have ever done, including burning fossil fuels. A sustainable future depends on recognizing this fact – and radically changing how we farm and eat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Nuts, long known for their health benefits, have always been associated with holiday indulgence and the Spring Festival period in China generally sees explosive growth in sales.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Researchers from the Marine Ecology Group in UCC in Ireland collected  feathers  from Manx shearwaters, a  seabird species  thought to be at risk from oil pollution. The researchers examined the feathers to see how quickly water would pass through after exposure to increasing concentrations of oil. Feathers were also assessed under high-powered microscopes to examine structural...

Agricultural rewilding" can also help to overcome concerns about the impact of rewilding on livelihoods and produce "win-win" environmental and human benefits, according to the researchers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Wood is the wonder fibre of the world. Multifunctional and renewable, when used sustainably, wood and its components are an indispensable part of the everyday life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.