Searched for: Climate_change

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Five ways CRISPR plants can combat climate change
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1/10/2020 8:43:21 AM -

Genetic Literacy Project

Jenna Gallegos | Cornell Alliance for Science |  Plants occupy a unique nexus when it comes to climate change. On the one hand, they can help prevent climate change by capturing carbon. On the other, the …
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Plants and fungi together could slow climate change
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11/9/2019 8:10:37 AM -

Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2019-11-fungi-climate.html

by International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis A new global assessment shows that human impacts have greatly reduced plant-fungus symbioses, which play a key role in sequestering …

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Species Moving in Response to Climate Change, but Many Have Nowhere to Go
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11/5/2019 8:10:05 AM -

SciTechDaily https://scitechdaily.com/species-moving-in-response-to-climate-change-but-many-have-nowhere-to-go/

By UNIVERSITY OF YORK NOVEMBER 3, 2019 There’s no place like home: Many insects moving north in response to climate change find …

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British insects migrating north at rate of 100 feet a day due to climate change
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10/24/2019 5:49:23 AM -

The LondonEconomic  https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/british-insects-migrating-north-at-rate-of-100-feet-a-day-due-to-climate-change/22/10/?doing_wp_cron=1571858373.2349081039428710937500

They are marching, flying and hopping in their …

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Climate change is causing tropical moths to shrink in size
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10/16/2019 8:47:03 AM -

Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2019-10-climate-tropical-moths-size.html by Julie Gatenby, University of York Researchers have discovered the first evidence of tropical insects shrinking in size in their bid to survive rising temperatures. …

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Scientists alarmed by bark beetle boom
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7/9/2019 10:52:00 AM -

ScienceDaily

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/07/190701144507.htm

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University of Würzburg

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Bark beetles are currently responsible for killing an unprecedented number of trees in forests across Europe and North America. Why …

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New study shows how climate change could affect impact of roundworms on grasslands
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6/14/2019 12:00:00 AM -

Phts.Org https://phys.org/news/2019-06-climate-affect-impact-roundworms-grasslands.html

Soil food webs play a key role in supporting grassland ecosystems, which cover about one-quarter of the land on Earth. Climate change poses a threat to these …
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Understand how climate change and crops diseases interact is vital
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4/18/2019 4:27:21 PM -

The Economist https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2019/04/20/understanding-how-crop-diseases-and-climate-change-interact-is-vital

In 150 years, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has risen from 280 parts per million ( …
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Climate change is causing spring to start sooner, which could see food prices rise and insect populations collapse, study warns
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4/6/2019 4:39:27 PM -

The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/climate-change-spring-start-global-warming-insect-survey-a8849386.html

Experts fear shift could have far-reaching effects for farming and other industries in the natural world …
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Fighting plant disease at warm temperatures keeps food on the table
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4/4/2019 9:10:11 AM -

EurekAlert MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY EAST LANSING, Mich.- An issue of global concern is the anticipated shortage of agricultural output to meet the steady rise in human population. Michigan State University scientists understand that …

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