Healthy soil for more nutritious food and healthier planet

Healthy soil for more nutritious food and a healthier planet

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Sri Noor Chalidah and Eristyana Sari (The Jakarta Post) Jakarta ● Mon 12 December 2022 2022-12-12 03:04 0 499db3314bec618375f5d217fc1148e3 4 Academia land,agriculture,food,health,fertilizer,methane,greenhouse gas,spatial planning,soil,FAO Free Soil is widely recognized as the foundation of the food system, which produces 95% of our food. In the opening address to the G20 summit last month, President Joko “Jokowi” …

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Genetic resources emerge as a defining issue at COP15

Genetic resources emerge as a defining issue at COP15

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As the Cop15 biodiversity conference enters its final days, a stocktaking meeting this weekend in Montreal highlighted a slew of unresolved issues threatening to block a strong outcome. The plenary meeting attended by negotiating teams representing more than 190 countries in Montreal acknowledged considerable progress, but also indicated that there are still many areas of …

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Snowflake zinc crystals, the strongest material and "hellish planet"

Snowflake zinc crystals, the strongest material and “hellish planet”

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It’s starting to feel a lot lighter Australian researchers have grown zinc crystals that look like snowflakes inside liquid gallium metal. But you won’t be hanging them on your Christmas tree anytime soon, instead these complex symmetrical zinc crystals can potentially be used in a range of catalysis applications. Often resembling six-pronged snowflake crystals, the …

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Severe COVID looks scary like old age in human brain, study finds

Severe COVID looks scary like old age in human brain, study finds

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Severe COVID-19 looks frighteningly like old age in the human brain, according to post-mortem analysis of 54 healthy and infected individuals. The study authors say their research is the first to link COVID-19 to molecular signatures of brain aging. “We observed that gene expression in the brain tissue of deceased COVID-19 patients closely resembled that …

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Garden Chat: seedlings, clones and a bit of plant breeding

Garden Chat: seedlings, clones and a bit of plant breeding

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Garlic cloves, lily and gladioli bulbs, Jerusalem artichoke tubers and strawberry stolons are all examples of plants reproduced as clones. Genetic diversity, cloning and sowing are words that all have one thing in common: they are the result of reproduction. Sexual reproduction results in seedlings that increase the genetic diversity of a particular species while …

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Climate change affects Christmas trees in BC and beyond: expert - BC News

Climate change affects Christmas trees in BC and beyond: expert – BC News

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Photo: The Canadian Press A plot of land on the Sahtlam Tree Farm in the Cowichan Valley region of Duncan, British Columbia The effects of climate change are wreaking havoc on Christmas tree farms in British Columbia and beyond, with a forestry expert saying the already shrinking and changing sector will need to adapt in …

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Not on the moon yet: Here's what's on the horizon for Canadian space exploration - Canada News

Not on the moon yet: Here’s what’s on the horizon for Canadian space exploration – Canada News

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Photo: The Canadian Press This image released by NASA on Tuesday, July 12, 2022 shows the edge of a young star forming region near NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. When Nathalie Nguyen-Quoc Ouellette was young, she didn’t see many stars in the bright sky of Montreal. But she delves into the colorful otherworldly images …

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'Investment opportunities': Experts say space companies need a boost in Canada

‘Investment opportunities’: Experts say space companies need a boost in Canada

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It’s hard to make things work in space, and even harder to make money there. With a long history in the space industry and a handful of healthy companies, Canadians are good at both. But industry executives and experts say the country needs a boost to maintain an edge in a sector poised to soar. …

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Kansas residents hold noses as crews mop up huge US oil spill

Kansas residents hold noses as crews mop up huge US oil spill

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WASHINGTON, Kan., Dec 10 (Reuters) – Residents near the site of the worst U.S. oil pipeline leak in a decade took the commotion and smell in stride as cleanup crews worked in scorching temperatures close to zero, and investigators have been looking for clues as to what caused the spill. A strong smell of petroleum …

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Mars Didn't Just Have Oceans, It Had Mega Tsunamis

Mars Didn’t Just Have Oceans, It Had Mega Tsunamis

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The sci-fi movie of 2019 The wave (now streaming on Peacock!) follows the incredible exploits of Frank – unnamed – played by Justin Long. He’s not a likable character per se, despite Long’s particular charms, reveling in denying an insurance claim and reaping the financial rewards he will reap. During a night of partying, after …

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