A joint UK–Brazil study has found that two widely used virus-based tools for probing gene function fail in rice.
Rice Resists Change: Study Reveals Viral Tools Fall Short
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Farmers Unite to Track Pollution and Protect an Iconic Chalk Stream
Farmers across the Hampshire Avon catchment are expanding their ability to track water quality, supported by tools and expertise developed at Rothamsted Research.
Stanford Researchers Model Pathways to Net Zero for California
In 2018, the California state legislature set the goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2045 in the California Climate Crisis Act.
Excessive Heat Harms Young Children’s Development, Study Suggests
Research on three- and four-year-olds in different countries examined the impact of temperature on childhood milestones.
Study Reveals Opportunity to Improve Blue Carbon Measurements in Coastal Wetlands
Coastal wetlands, like salt marshes, keep pace with sea-level rise by accumulating sediment and burying organic carbon in their soils, an important natural process that also helps sequester carbon.
Greenhouse Gases to Intensify Extreme Flooding in the Central Himalayas
Rising greenhouse gas emissions could see the size of extreme floods in the Central Himalayas increase by between as much as 73% and 84% by the end of this century.
