1+ week, 4+ day ago  (299+ words) A new study finds that climate change is creating environments where humans have never successfully cultivated rice before. Climate change is pushing rice-growing regions into temperatures beyond those at which rice has been cultivated in the past 9, 000 years of human…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (402+ words) In a first, researchers quantify how pollinator declines contribute to food insecurity. Because many insects pollinate crops, lower insect abundance has hurt everything from ecosystem health to crop yields. But historically, such consequences have been tough for scientists to measure…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (612+ words) As a U. N. report warns that extreme temperature swings are disrupting crops and endangering agricultural workers, we spoke with environmental economist Shouro Dasgupta about farming in an overheating world. As the planet warms due to climate change, extreme heat is threatening…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (475+ words) There's lore about chickens surviving from seconds to months after their heads are chopped off, but what does the science say? Many chickens meet their end with a swift blow to the neck. But there's lore that chickens can run…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (920+ words) How award-winning scientist Meha Jain is using satellite data to help India's farmers adapt to climate change. Night Sky This Week India's farmers are mainly smallholders " but these small farms, fragmented across the country, are heterogeneous and have limited data....

7+ mon, 3+ day ago  (740+ words) Most fruit is pretty small, so why do pumpkins grow to such enormous sizes? "So you'll see these big, sprawling pumpkin plants that take over your entire yard, and sometimes it's just one plant," Baliga said. Determinate plants tend to…...