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100% Organic Free-Range Egg Production Could Have Negative Consequences for Climate and Nature

An international team, including researchers at the University of Oxford’s Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, has revealed striking trade-offs between the different ways eggs are produced, with a wholesale shift to free-range and organic systems potentially raising greenhouse gas emissions and land use even as it aligns more closely with concerns about hen welfare. 

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Hawaiʻi Corals May Have Time to Adapt to Future Heat Stress

Since the first major bleaching event in 1996, Hawaiian corals have been subject to increasing heat stress and more prevalent bleaching events.

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Deep Thawing Soil Will Keep Roads Rough

Before being patched with thick black asphalt during recent weeks, the roads across Goldstream Creek’s swampy valley bucked my car like a whitewater raft in the Nenana River canyon.

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UCT Study Finds Toxic Pollutants in False Bay Waters

False Bay’s waters and sediments contain a cocktail of pharmaceuticals, pesticides and metals linked to urban development, wastewater discharges and harbour activities, according to a new study led by researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT).

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Global Crop Models Underestimate How Rice Responds to Extreme Heat

A new study on how rising temperatures will affect rice production in Science Advances compares 214 observations from field-warming experiments with seven crop models, revealing modelled estimates for yield reductions from 1°C of global warming were roughly half those of the real-world observed experiments (3.8 percent instead of 8.1 percent).

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The Sun Contains More Silver Than Previously Estimated

Researchers at Uppsala University have calculated that the Sun contains 55 per cent more silver than previously estimated. 

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Weather Whiplash Helped Fuel the Wildfires in France and Spain

In a summer of record heat waves, France and Spain are now facing wildfires that have forced the evacuations of more than 300,000 people.

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In Germany, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Power

In a first, Germany drew more power from wind and solar than from fossil fuels last year.

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Researchers Identify Nonlinear Process of Northern Hemisphere Lake Ice Loss

For lakes across the Northern Hemisphere, winter ice is more than a frozen surface. It is a seasonal regulator that shapes underwater ecosystems and energy balance. But as the planet warms, this frozen season is disappearing faster than expected.

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Herbicide Residues Disrupt Nitrogen Cycling in Soybean Soils, but Beneficial Bacterium Helps Restore Soil Health

Researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have clarified how the herbicide chlorimuron-ethyl affects nitrogen cycling in soybean rhizosphere soils and demonstrated that a chlorimuron-ethyl-degrading bacterial strain, Chenggangzhangella methanolivorans CHL1, can help restore ecological stability in contaminated soils.

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