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In many major crop regions, workers plant and harvest in spiraling heat and humidity

A global study of major crops has found that farmworkers are being increasingly exposed to combinations of extreme heat and humidity during planting and harvest seasons that can make it hard for them to function. Such conditions have nearly doubled a.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgNov 20th, 2023

Apple made a huge macOS privacy promise four years ago, but it’s still unfulfilled

Shortly after the release of macOS Big Sur back in 2020, Apple faced widespread server outages. The outage affected macOS installations, iMessage, Apple Pay, and most notably: the notarization service. This meant that users had major issues opening a.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated News15 hr. 18 min. ago

How mainstream climate science endorsed the fantasy of a global warming time machine

When the Paris agreement on climate change was gaveled into being in December 2015, it briefly looked like that rarest of things: a political victory for climate activists and delegates from the poorest regions of the world that, due to colonization.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News22 hr. 46 min. ago

Ancient climate analysis reveals unknown global processes

According to highly cited conventional models, cooling and a major drop in sea levels about 34 million years ago should have led to widespread continental erosion and deposited gargantuan amounts of sandy material onto the ocean floor. This was, afte.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 12th, 2024

AI empowers iNaturalist to map California plants with unprecedented precision

Utilizing advanced artificial intelligence and citizen science data from the iNaturalist app, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed some of the most detailed maps yet showcasing the distribution of California plant spe.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 12th, 2024

Eastern Pacific study highlights severe cold-water bleaching as an additional threat to deep reef ecosystems

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (MPIC) recently published a paper detailing their observations of a major coral bleaching and mortality event that occurred on the deep reefs of the Clipperton Atoll, a remote coral island in th.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 11th, 2024

One-third of European plant species could be in trouble due to declining seed disperser populations

A team of ecologists at the University of Coimbra, Aarhus University and the University of Bristol has found that approximately one-third of plant species in Europe are under threat of population reduction as the number of seed dispersals declines......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 11th, 2024

Plant stem cells: Understanding the biological mechanism of growth control

Researchers from the University of Freiburg have identified the HAN molecule as an important regulator that controls plant growth in conjunction with WOX5. Understanding this mechanism is relevant for breeding more resilient or higher-yielding crops......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 11th, 2024

Best Dealerships To Work For winners have qualities, offer benefits unsuccessful entrants don"t

Automotive News' Best Dealerships To Work For employees are more likely to feel valued by their employers than workers at nonwinning stores......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsOct 11th, 2024

New plant-based glitter shows no harm to soil organisms

Plastic pollution is everywhere. Each year, over 368 million metric tons of plastics are produced with over 13 million metric tons of it ending up in the soil where it can be toxic to wildlife......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 11th, 2024

Evacuating in disasters like Hurricane Milton—there are reasons people stay, and it"s not just stubbornness

As Hurricane Milton roared ashore near Sarasota, Florida, tens of thousands of people were in evacuation shelters. Hundreds of thousands more had fled coastal regions ahead of the storm, crowding highways headed north and south as their counties issu.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 11th, 2024

Researchers develop technique that enables breeding of genetically identical hybrid plants

When different varieties of one plant species are crossed with each other, their hybrid offspring are often more robust and grow more quickly than their parents. However, in the next generation, this effect disappears again......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

Phytoplankton community shifts after wastewater treatment plant closure

A study by the UPV/EHU's Department of Plant Biology and Ecology has evaluated the response of Urdaibai estuary phytoplankton to the changes brought about after the closing-down of the Gernika wastewater treatment plant; a novel tool based on pigment.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

Red milkweed beetle genome offers evolutionary insights into plant-insect interactions

Studying the secrets of how the common red milkweed beetle can safely feed on a toxic plant helps illuminate the ecological, evolutionary and economic impact of insect-plant interactions from a genomic perspective......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

What yields per acre reveal about the impact of extreme weather

Since time immemorial, crop yields have been influenced by such extreme weather phenomena as heat waves, persisting droughts, downpours and lasting rainfall. Many studies have already demonstrated that due to climate change, periods of extreme weathe.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

Climate change can alter methane emission and uptake in the Amazon

Extreme temperatures and humidity levels (excessive rain or drought) projected for the Amazon in the context of climate change may increase the volume of methane-producing microorganisms in flooded areas and reduce potential uptake of this greenhouse.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

New discoveries: Three tiny species added to South Africa"s spectacular marine life

South Africa's marine realm is globally unique because of the two major ocean currents that meet here. The cold, slow-moving Benguela and the warm, fast-flowing Agulhas currents create a special environment that supports high levels of biodiversity......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

Poverty-level wages pose urgent problem for US childcare, study finds

A new report from the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE) at UC Berkeley finds that child care workers in every state struggle with poverty-level wages, even as they nurture and educate our children in the most important years of de.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

Earning an associate degree has varying value for workers based on demographics, researchers find

New research from Virginia Commonwealth University confirms the economic value of completing an associate degree but also unmasks the disparate labor market outcomes for workers of diverse races/ethnicities, sexes and nationalities......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

Direction of the Alpine Fault"s last big quake will help NZ prepare for the inevitable next rupture

One of the world's most anticipated earthquakes is the next major surface rupture of the Alpine Fault in the South Island of New Zealand......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

Increasing plant diversity in agriculture can promote soil carbon sequestration

A study carried out at the University of Helsinki demonstrates that boosting plant diversity in agriculture can increase plant biomass and improve plant–microbe interactions, both of which promote the storage of carbon in the soil......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024