Agriculture
”Planting rocks” in farms could help carbon re..
Adding crushed volcanic rocks to agricultural fields can both improve the soil and suck down carbon dioxide. Doing so in the hot, humid tropics would be most efficient.
Photo: A climate intervention strategy called enhanced rock weathering, if… read more
Native Bees Yield Hardier Flowers Than Honey Bees
Flowers pollinated by native bees produce fitter offspring than flowers pollinated by honey bees, according to a new study carried out in San Diego, California.
Compared with native bees, honey bees visit twice as many flowers on each plant before… read more
Case: Grandma complains BIODIVERSITY The lesson/
“Jenny is staying with her grandparents. The weather is good, so they walk in the countryside near their home. Suddenly Granny starts complaining: it is springtime, but much too silent. When she was young, there were many birds singing in… read more
Restoring biodiversity in deforested ranches: one ..
Large or small?
By carefully planning patches of diverse vegetation, scientists say it is possible to increase biodiversity and increase yields for farmers. For decades there has been a debate raging: what is better when it comes to conservation or… read more
Bee it known: Biodiversity is critical to ecosyste..
A Rutgers[1]-led study on bees shows how different species pollinate the same plants over time
Rutgers has conducted the first study showing how many more species of bees are needed to maintain crop yields when a longer-term time frame is… read more
