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CLIMATE CHANGE AND PESTS
Italy planted Norway spruce across the Alps in the 1930s, a deliberate-but-naive reforestation drive, but 90 years on, plant diversity is 50% lower than in native forestsA 90-year-old reforestation project in Italy's Prealps planted Norway spruce. A new study reveals this decision drastically reduced plant d...- 18 koalas moved to Kangaroo Island in the 1920s; a century on, 27,000 descendants are stripping eucalyptus bare and risk mass starvationKoalas are overpopulating in South Australia's Mount Lofty Ranges. This boom threatens eucalyptus forests, their food source. Scientists pr...
- Over 1,500 bat species carry thousands of deadly viruses but rarely get sick, and scientists are only just beginning to understand whyBats possess a unique, preactivated innate immune defense that stops viruses from fully replicating, even after cell entry. This remarkable...
- BRICS+ agriculture beyond borders: Trade and resilience for a food-secure worldWith India’s leadership and BRICS+ cooperation, agriculture can become not only a source of food, but a foundation for resilience, prosperi...
- Science at scale: India’s journey from food security to global leadershipToday, India is the world’s largest producer of milk, pulses, and spices; the largest exporter of rice; and among the leading producers of ...
- New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and more: Why top cities in US are seeing more rats than everRat problems are escalating in major US cities due to modern urban design, not just sanitation. Dense populations, extensive underground in...
- Weather swings, monsoon risks, and the growing threat to mango, apple cropsThe agriculture industry has evolved historically through adaptation and resilience, and now it is time to speed up this transformation, em...
- Mosquitoes have finally invaded one of the world's last mosquito-free countriesFor the first time in history, Iceland has recorded wild mosquitoes, ending its long-standing status as a mosquito-free haven. A species kn...
- India’s big cotton bet: Can Rs 5,659 cr revive the sector's global leadership?India’s Rs 5,659-crore Mission for Cotton Productivity aims to tackle falling yields, poor seed quality, and rising import dependence throu...
- Extreme heat threatens global food systems, UN agencies warnFarmers and fishers are struggling as heatwaves become more frequent and intense. Yields are falling, and harvests are failing. The United ...
- Climate crisis is a gender issue, women face higher risks, less representationClimate change disproportionately impacts women, who are often excluded from decision-making despite their crucial roles in crisis response...
- Brazilian researchers remix coffee varieties to confront climate challengeThis crucial research aims to combat climate change's threat to global coffee supplies, as arabica faces declining yields. The goal is to c...
- Pest outbreak alert in US: Is your area the next hotspot for disease-carrying bugs?Unusual weather patterns across the US are leading to a rise in disease-carrying pests. The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) has...
- Potato lovers don't have to worry: Researchers are trying to produce a climate change-resistant vegetableThe warming temperature can affect the quality of potatoes.
- Agri minister for use of modern farm tech to tackle climate changeAgriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Thursday pitched for increased use of cutting-edge technologies including transgenics to address ...
- Agriculture Ministry for use of modern farm tech to tackle climate changeSingh was speaking at the meeting of his ministry's consultative committee on 'Emerging biotic is a challenge under changing climate'.
- Climate change: India for SAARC cooperation on agricultureIndia said farmers are fighting against economic disparity and instability, and SAARC countries should work jointly for the betterment of f...
- Global warming spurs spread of crop pests, finds new studyCrop pests are spreading to colder parts of the world as climate change warms the world, a new study has revealed. It used published observ...
- 'Globalisation & climate change affecting food security'In addition, enough food to feed many millions of people is wasted in developed and some developing countries.
- ICRISAT takes up research on diseases, pests that damage cropsICRISAT and DST of Central government recently launched a plant protection project to carry out a research on diseases and insect pests tha...
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