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Rethinking climate modelling to prepare for even hotter temperatures
Researchers compared two major climate modelling methods, transient climate where the global temperatures are consistently rising over the next 80 years and equilibrium climate where the temperatures rise and reach a steady equilibrium over the course of centuries.
Pigeonpea needs integrated weed management
Pigeonpea might not be well known in Australia, but there are more than a billion people in Asia and Africa who eat this dried grain legume in a variety of dishes, and global demand is high.
Trashed farmland could be a conservation treasure
Low-productivity agricultural land could be transformed into millions of hectares of conservation reserve across the world, according to University of Queensland-led research.
‘Uncontested lands’ could help Australia meet its Sustainable Development Goals
Conservation and agriculture often clash over contested spaces and yet there are many ‘uncontested lands’, where low modern agricultural productivity and degradation make them potentially easier acquisitions that can be restored for long-term conservation benefits.
Urban pollen nation: non-native bees take over urban centres
Not all bees make good city slickers, US researchers say.
Oregano powder shows promise as a way to cut antibiotic use in farm animals
Oregano powder may one day help reduce the use of antibiotics in farm animals, with Australian research showing it has a mild effect on the bacteria grown in the lab from chickens’ guts.
Climate change costs US fishing jobs
Many commentators warn about the wider social impacts of climate change, such as job losses, but the extent of those impacts is not always clear. A new study of the New England fishing industry in the US (which employs 20 per cent of US commercial…
Benefits and risks for marine life from CO2 removal approaches
A new Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) study has identified potential benefits and risks for marine ecosystems from two of the key approaches for carbon removal proposed to cut atmospheric carbon levels and slow climate change.
Climate change could decimate global food production
One of the first studies to examine the effects of climate change on multiple food systems – instead of one food system alone – reveals that about 90% of the world’s human population (7.2 billion people) may lose food production in both agriculture and marine…
Raising plants to withstand climate change
Success with improving a model plant’s response to harsh conditions is leading plant molecular researchers to move to food crops including wheat, barley, rice and chickpeas.
Climate change is moving fish polewards
Climate change is causing a tropicalisation of areas of our oceans that were previously temperate, and coral reef herbivores are starting to move south, say Australian and international researchers.