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Green manure and fodder crops accepted in Tanzanian banana cultivation
Plantains, otherwise known as cooking bananas, are an important food crop in Tanzania and require fertile soil for a good harvest. For around four centuries now, banana-growing land has been enriched by supplements of manure from cattle grazing on nearby pastures. The strongly increasing population... view more (2004-11-12)

Alcoholics underestimate the risk of bleeding
Gastrointestinal bleeding can be fatal - something which is not known to many alcoholics.   view more (2008-02-19)

Shopping is a way of interacting with the world around us
Our relationship with objects is multilayered and often very emotional, and this is expressed in the way we shop. Swedish ethnologist Erik Ottoson of Uppsala University has studied the way we look for things in shopping malls, town centres and flea markets, and even in skips.   view more (2008-06-03)

Independent Panel Recommends Strong, Clear Guidelines for Development of Marine Aquaculture in the United States
Congress should enact legislation to ensure that strong environmental standards are in place to regulate the siting and conduct of offshore marine aquaculture, according to an independent panel of leaders from scientific, policymaking, business, and conservation institutions.   view more (2007-01-09)

Priority regions for threatened frog and toad conservation in Latin America
Nearly 35% of all amphibians are now threatened of extinction raising them to the position of the most endangered group of animals in the world.   view more (2008-05-07)

Alternatives to the use of nitrate as a fertiliser
In order to develop sustainable agricultural production, what is required is a study of nitrogenated sources as alternatives to the nitrates that predominate in agricultural soils and that have a greater contaminant capacity.   view more (2006-04-19)

Fundamental Research About Russian Political Ideology And Mythology
On the 24th of June, 2004, one of the most revered icons in Russian Orthodoxy, the Icon of the Virgin of Tikhvin, will return to the place where, according to the legend, it miraculously appeared in 1383 and where it was worshipped till 1941, when its intricate way to Germany and then to the United... view more (2004-06-16)

Organic milk is cream of the crop
A new study by Newcastle University proves that organic farmers who let their cows graze as nature intended are producing better quality milk.   view more (2008-05-28)

REDUCTION OF RICEFIELD METHANE EMISSION
Methane (CH4) is considered to be the third most important gas, after carbon dioxide (CO2) and freons, in its contribution to the greenhouse effect and hence to global warming. Cores taken from the ice cap have shown that its concentration in the atmosphere has tripled in 100 years. This figure... view more (1999-07-07)

Crossing paths in plants
On Monday 31 March ecologists will meet with molecular biologists at the University of Southampton for the most novel and broad-ranging scientific session of its kind. They will present findings in Session C5/P3 which show that the biochemical pathways which influence a plant's response to stimuli... view more (2003-03-26)

Organic corn: Increasing rotation complexity increases yields
While demand for organic meat and milk is increasing by about 20% per year in the United States, almost all organic grain and forage to support these industries in the mid-Atlantic region is imported from other regions. To meet this demand locally, area farmers need information on expected crop... view more (2008-05-29)

Kura garnu ramro hunchha: It's good to talk
THOUSANDS of breathless trekkers each year gratefully stop to admire the stunning high altitude scenery as they pass through the village of Landruk on their way to Nepal's famous Annapurna mountain range. As their gaze shifts from the famous 'Fish Tail' mountain to the brilliant green sloping... view more (2003-09-05)

Evidence of a relationship between swimming babies and infections
Scientists of the GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health (Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres) found indications for an association between attendance of swimming pools in the first year of life and the frequency of infections.   view more (2007-10-04)

Faster Test For Checking The Efficiency Of The Paints Used As Protection Against Corrosion In The Automotive Industry
Researchers from the Area of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering at the Universitat Jaume I (UJI), Spain, have devised a quicker method to evaluate the systems used in the automotive industry to protect the metal chassis of vehicles against corrosion. This new technique allows the time... view more (2004-07-14)

Report calls for huge changes to Kosovan farming industry to ensure economic stability and lasting peace
THE Kosovan farming industry must undergo huge changes if attempts to rebuild it are successful, according to a report by Newcastle University.   view more (2001-12-05)

Integrated Crop Management - International Conference Explores Breakthrough Thinking
3 - 5 April 2000, SCI International Headquarters, London, UK. An international conference entitled The Economic and Commercial Impact of Integrated Crop Management is being held by the SCI Crop Protection Group in collaboration with the Volcani Center, Israel and the Fresh Produce Consortium.... view more (2000-03-29)

Farmed fish with parasites: impact on wild fish stocks
'Fish farming is often proposed as a solution to diminishing stocks of wild fish. Sadly, many parasites are threatening the future of aquaculture' [by depleting fish stocks], write Jo Cable and Phil Harris, of Cardiff and Nottingham Universities, in the August issue of Biologist. A wide range of... view more (2003-08-01)

Keeping yields, profits and water quality high
One of the key questions facing agriculturalists in the 21st century is how to produce adequate amounts of food and farm income while protecting environmental quality.   view more (2008-05-08)

Sometimes dry soils yield more clouds
Symposium of the American Meteorological Society in Wageningen (The Netherlands) Cloud formation does not always follow beaten tracks. The formation of low clouds during nice weather conditions will normally take place above moist soils. Under specific atmospheric conditions, which can occur in... view more (2002-07-12)

Poorer farmers benefit most from organic practices
Farmers in developing countries are reaping the benefits of adopting 'green' agricultural practices far more than their western counterparts, suggests a report published today, Thursday 14 February 2002. The report by Nicolas Parrott at Cardiff University's Department of City and Regional Planning... view more (2002-02-12)

Where have all the flowers gone? British ecologist teams up with Czechs to restore European hay meadows
Ecologist Jonathan Mitchley will travel to the Czech Republic in June to help local conservationists reverse the decline of important hay meadows. The White Carpathian Mountains nature reserve contains 3,500 hectares of species-rich hay meadows. Over 1,500 wildflower species have been recorded in... view more (2000-04-25)

First-ever 'State of the Carbon Cycle Report' finds troubling imbalance
The first "State of the Carbon Cycle Report" for North America, released online this week by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, finds the continent's carbon budget increasingly overwhelmed by human-caused emissions.   view more (2007-11-15)

Heterosis in populations in nature of a domesticated plant
Few studies quantify evolutionary processes in populations of domesticated plants in traditional farming systems. In February's Ecology Letters, Pujol, David and McKey show that these systems offer unusual opportunities for studying microevolution.   view more (2005-02-08)

Media Invitation: British Ecological Society Annual Meeting, Lancaster University, 7-9 September 2004
You are invited to attend the UK's premier ecological event, the British Ecological Society's Annual Meeting, being held at Lancaster University on 7-9 September 2004. Thousands of ecologists from all four corners of the globe will be attending the meeting, which features hundreds of scientific... view more (2004-08-17)

Environmental lessons from tsunami as world's coastal population doubles
Coastal populations and ecosystems are more likely to bounce back from extreme coastal disasters by protecting local environments and building on local knowledge, according to a report published in Science.   view more (2005-08-12)
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