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European wheat unprepared for climate change

January 10, 2019
News
Current breeding programmes and cultivar selection practices of European wheat crops are unprepared for increasingly variable weather conditions, according to new research.Based on thousands of observations of wheat cultivars in...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences
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Melting ice sheets pump out methane

January 9, 2019
News
The emission of tons of methane from the Greenland Ice Sheet is evidence of a widespread subglacial microbial system, according to an international research team.Using novel sensors, researchers led by...
Earth & Environmental
Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences
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Chachani mountain

January 8, 2019
Insight
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission snapped this image of the Chachani mountain in Peru. Standing at over 6000m, Chachani is the tallest of the mountains near the Peruvian city of Arequipa.
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental, Environment, Focal Point, Geology
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UN biodiversity targets give false sense of achievement

December 19, 2018
News
UN biodiversity targets are structured to give a false sense of conservation achievement, according to a new research paper.The scientific team, led by the California Academy of Sciences, found that...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences
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The Colours of Iron

December 11, 2018
Insight
'The Colours of Iron' (Lochaber, Scotland) by Ursula Lawrence took the third place) in the Geological society's 2018 Earth Science Week photography competition, 'Earth Science in our Lives.'
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials
Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Focal Point, Geology, Materials, Materials Science
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Raise your game and a glass

November 16, 2018
Feature
Scientific advisor to proficiency testing at Fapas, Mark Sykes, discusses the benefits of proficiency testing and how this applies to wine testing laboratories The global wine market is predicted to grow...
Earth & Environmental
Food Science, In Depth
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Understanding battleground earth

November 8, 2018
Feature
Falk Hildebrand takes through the first global study of the soil microbiome. This incredible international effort uncovered worrying human impact, antibiotic production and one hell of a microbial battle. You’ll...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Using science to change our world

October 24, 2018
Insight
As the Royal Institution sets it sights on expanding the public understanding of science, we hear from its new Director on how he wants everyone to develop a lifelong journey...
Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Earth & Environmental, Engineering, Geology, Interviews, Materials, Materials Science, Policy
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The fat of the land

October 19, 2018
Feature
Evidence for environmental chemicals as disruptors of metabolism is mounting ­– now a new study suggests a worrying link between fracking and the growth of fat cells. Dr Christopher Kassotis...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Food & Bev, Food and Drink, In Depth
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Science weighs in on mystery surrounding catastrophic volcanic eruption

September 18, 2018
News
One of the biggest volcanic eruptions in recorded history, which is said to have contributed to the downfall of the ancient Minoan civilisation, may have happened later than previously thought,...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Volcanology
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