Using a method based on satellite images and artificial intelligence, Brazilian researchers have shown that the priority area for actions to combat illegal deforestation could comprise 27.8% less territory than the 11 municipalities monitored by the federal government under the current strategy, known as the Amazon Plan 2021/2022.
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Air You Can Chew: The History of Utah’s Air Quality
When Salt Lake City official George Snow said that the Wasatch Front’s air quality issues could not be solved “in a single day or year, not by a single group or group of persons.
Large Regional Differences in Agricultural Adaptation to Future Climate Change in Europe
An overview of ongoing and planned climate adaptation measures in European crop production shows vast regional differences.
Pheasant Meat Sold for Food Found to Contain Many Tiny Shards of Toxic Lead
A study has found that pheasants killed by lead shot contain many fragments of lead too small to detect by eye or touch, and too distant from the shot to be removed without throwing away a large proportion of otherwise useable meat.
Nitrous Oxide Emissions From Corn Belt Soils Spike When Soils Freeze, Thaw
Nitrous oxide may be much less abundant in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, but as a greenhouse gas, it’s a doozy.