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May 14

How did an ancient plant from Latin America become Asia’s second-most-important cash crop?

By Isabel Agriculture, Botany, Climate change, Fruits and Vegetables, News

Valued at dining room tables and factory floors alike, cassava is worth about $10 billion in Asia. The continued growth of the commodity faces challenges from climate change, land degradation and limited investment in crop improvement and disease.

Apr 10

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Crop diversity can buffer the effects of climate change

By Isabel Agriculture, Climate change, Fruits and Vegetables, News, Plant Science

The researchers found that farms with diverse crops planted together provide more secure, stable habitats for wildlife and are more resilient to climate change than the single-crop standard that dominates today’s agriculture industry.

Mar 02

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First potentially invasive species to reach the Antarctica on drifting marine algae identified

By Isabel Climate change, News, Plant Science

Drifting algae in the Austral Ocean can bring invasive species to the Antarctic coasts, according to a new study. The report describes the first scientific evidence of a potentially invasive and colonial species –the marine bryozoan Membranipora membranacea- which reaches the…

Feb 03

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View towards Khumbu and Cholatse from below Ama Dablam at about 4,900 m showing typical subnival vegetation in the foreground

Plant life expanding in the Everest region

By Isabel Botany, Climate change, News, Plant Science

Plant life is expanding in the area around Mount Everest, and across the Himalayan region, new research shows. Scientists used satellite data to measure the extent of subnival vegetation – plants growing between the treeline and snowline – in this…

Jan 22

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Rethinking climate modelling to prepare for even hotter temperatures

By Isabel Climate change, News

Improper adoption of climate impact modelling could leave us ill prepared for even higher temperatures and more frequent heatwaves, according to new research.

Jan 12

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Australian fires. Not the new normal

By Isabel Blog, Climate change

The size and ferocity of the Australian fires this summer has shocked us all. This is just the beginning of catastrophic climate change – next year may be better, we may even have several years in a row without major…

Jan 09

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New research pinpoints which of the world’s trees are climate change-ready

By Isabel Botany, Climate change, News, Plant Science

Botanists from have discovered that “penny-pinching” evergreen species such as Christmas favourites, holly and ivy, are more climate change-ready in the face of warming temperatures than deciduous “big-spending” water consumers like birch and oak. As such, they are more likely…

Jan 08

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Bushfires have reshaped life on Earth before. They could do it again

By Isabel Climate change, Forestry, News

The catastrophic bushfires raging across much of Australia have not only taken a huge human and economic toll, but also delivered heavy blows to biodiversity and ecosystem function. Scientists are warning of catastrophic extinctions of animals and plants.

Jan 06

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Climate change: three ways to market the science to reach the sceptics

By Isabel Blog, Climate change, ECRi, Science communication

Climate change sceptics may be a minority, but they are a sizeable one. One in five Americans think that climate change is a myth, or that humans aren’t responsible for it. They’re a vocal minority too and a serious obstacle…

Dec 31

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Raising plants to withstand climate change

By Isabel Agriculture, ASPS, Climate change, News

Success with improving Arabidopsis mitochondrial respiration in response to harsh conditions is leading plant molecular researchers to move to food crops including wheat, barley, rice and chickpeas.

Climate change

How did an ancient plant from Latin America become Asia’s second-most-important cash crop?

Crop diversity can buffer the effects of climate change

First potentially invasive species to reach the Antarctica on drifting marine algae identified

Plant life expanding in the Everest region

Rethinking climate modelling to prepare for even hotter temperatures

Australian fires. Not the new normal

New research pinpoints which of the world’s trees are climate change-ready

Bushfires have reshaped life on Earth before. They could do it again

Climate change: three ways to market the science to reach the sceptics

Raising plants to withstand climate change

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