The culprit responsible for the decline of Mexico’s once lucrative jumbo squid fishery has remained a mystery, until now.
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Indigenous Maize: Who Owns the Rights to Mexico’s ‘Wonder’ Plant?
In a 1979 visit to Totontepec, a small town in Oaxaca, Mexico, naturalist Thomas Boone Hallberg marveled at the local maize.
Illinois Study Advances Possibility of Genetic Control for Major Agricultural Weeds
Waterhemp and Palmer amaranth, two aggressive weeds that threaten the food supply in North America, are increasingly hard to kill with commercially available herbicides.
Scotland’s Wind Farms Generate Enough Electricity to Power Nearly 4.5 Million Homes
Wind turbines in Scotland produced enough electricity in the first half of 2019 to power every home in the country twice over, according to new data by the analytics group WeatherEnergy.
Species on the Move
A total of 55 animal species in the UK have been displaced from their natural ranges or enabled to arrive for the first time on UK shores because of climate change over the last 10 years (2008-2018) – as revealed in a new study published today (18 July 2019) by ZSL scientists.
Strong Storms Also Play Big Role in Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapse
Warming temperatures and changes in ocean circulation and salinity are driving the breakup of ice sheets in Antarctica, but a new study suggests that intense storms may help push the system over the edge.
