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There are 31 item(s) tagged with the keyword "Food".

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1. Working with China to find a solution to pollution

Scientists are delving underground to study the agricultural impacts to soil and water, and are one step closer to finding a solution to land degradation and pollution.

Tags: Farming, Food, Pollution, Soils, Technology
2. Protecting biodiversity in palm oil

News that chocolate, bread and dried fruit all share a common ingredient with household detergents and cosmetics might sound both unlikely and unappetising. However, palm oil is used in each of these and many more everyday products.

3. Better cocoa crops for better livelihoods


4. Sydney rock oysters shrinking due to coastal acidification


5. Skin of the Earth

Exploding populations are challenging the world to keep more people fed using less - and less good quality - land.

Tags: Climate, Environmental change, Farming, Food, Natural resources, Pollinators, Soils, Sustainability
6. Your tropical food trolley


7. Do neonicotinoids have a sting in their tail?

Today, the NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology has published the results from its large-scale neonicotinoid field study.

Tags: Bees, Biodiversity, Farming, Food, Pollinators, Sustainability
8. How could governments around the world protect bees?

NERC-funded researchers have gathered crucial evidence on how governments and people can best protect pollinators vital to the production of food worldwide.

Tags: Bees, Biodiversity, Environmental change, Farming, Food, Pollinators
9. Podcast: Climate change and potatoes

This week in the Planet Earth podcast, Ruth Welters of the University of East Anglia and potato farmer Johnnie Jiggens explain how environmental science can help the agricultural sector plan for future weather extremes.

Tags: Adaptation and mitigation, Climate, Farming, Food, Podcasts, UK
10. Podcast: What our ancestors ate

This week in the Planet Earth podcast, Sophy Charlton and Oliver Craig of the University of York talk about the work they're doing to find out about our ancestors' favourite foods six thousand years ago.

Tags: Archaeology, Food, Marine life, Podcasts, UK

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