Oslo | Reuters — A natural cooling of the Pacific Ocean has contributed to slow global warming in the past decade but the pause is unlikely to last much longer, […] Read more
Study shows cooler Pacific slowed global warming, briefly
El Nino weather hits many crops, boosts soybeans: study
Oslo | Reuters — The El Nino weather phenomenon that is likely to strike this year damages world maize, rice and wheat yields but boosts soybeans, according to a study […] Read more
Decline in biodiversity of farmed plants, animals gathering pace
A decline in the diversity of farmed plants and livestock breeds is gathering pace, threatening future food supplies for the world’s growing population, the head of a new United Nations […] Read more
‘Peak farmland’ is here, crop area seen diminishing
The amount of land needed to grow crops worldwide is at a peak, and a geographical area more than twice the size of France will be able to return to […] Read more
Wheat scientists seek to slow Ug99 in Africa, Asia
Wheat experts are stepping up monitoring of a crop disease first found in Africa in 1999 to minimise the spread of a deadly fungus that is also a threat in […] Read more
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