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Healthy soil for more nutritious food and healthier planet

Healthy soil for more nutritious food and a healthier planet

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Sri Noor Chalidah and Eristyana Sari (The Jakarta Post) Jakarta ● Mon 12 December 2022 2022-12-12 03:04 0 499db3314bec618375f5d217fc1148e3 4 Academia land,agriculture,food,health,fertilizer,methane,greenhouse gas,spatial planning,soil,FAO Free Soil is widely recognized as the foundation of the food system, which produces 95% of our food. In the opening address to the G20 summit last month, President Joko “Jokowi” …

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Snowflake zinc crystals, the strongest material and "hellish planet"

Snowflake zinc crystals, the strongest material and “hellish planet”

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It’s starting to feel a lot lighter Australian researchers have grown zinc crystals that look like snowflakes inside liquid gallium metal. But you won’t be hanging them on your Christmas tree anytime soon, instead these complex symmetrical zinc crystals can potentially be used in a range of catalysis applications. Often resembling six-pronged snowflake crystals, the …

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Climate change affects Christmas trees in BC and beyond: expert - BC News

Climate change affects Christmas trees in BC and beyond: expert – BC News

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Photo: The Canadian Press A plot of land on the Sahtlam Tree Farm in the Cowichan Valley region of Duncan, British Columbia The effects of climate change are wreaking havoc on Christmas tree farms in British Columbia and beyond, with a forestry expert saying the already shrinking and changing sector will need to adapt in …

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'Investment opportunities': Experts say space companies need a boost in Canada

‘Investment opportunities’: Experts say space companies need a boost in Canada

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It’s hard to make things work in space, and even harder to make money there. With a long history in the space industry and a handful of healthy companies, Canadians are good at both. But industry executives and experts say the country needs a boost to maintain an edge in a sector poised to soar. …

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Mars Didn't Just Have Oceans, It Had Mega Tsunamis

Mars Didn’t Just Have Oceans, It Had Mega Tsunamis

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The sci-fi movie of 2019 The wave (now streaming on Peacock!) follows the incredible exploits of Frank – unnamed – played by Justin Long. He’s not a likable character per se, despite Long’s particular charms, reveling in denying an insurance claim and reaping the financial rewards he will reap. During a night of partying, after …

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How to survive if you fall off a cruise ship in the middle of the ocean, according to a survival expert

How to survive if you fall off a cruise ship in the middle of the ocean, according to a survival expert

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James Michael Grimes survived nearly 20 hours in the open sea after falling overboard from a cruise ship. An expert told Insider the main concerns of someone adrift in the ocean and how to deal with them. Not panicking, trying to find floating objects and giving a signal can help you survive. Loading Something is …

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'Firmageddon': Researchers find 1.1 million acres of dead trees in Oregon

‘Firmageddon’: Researchers find 1.1 million acres of dead trees in Oregon

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Oregon is known for its towering volcanic domes covered in evergreen cover that becomes sparse and patchy on the eastern side of the Cascade Mountains before steepening into the high desert. The people who know trees best say there are many signs of trouble in Oregon. “We see forms of stress in all of our …

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Major milestone: NASA’s Webb Space Telescope discovers the first galaxies in the universe

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Artist’s impression of the Webb Telescope in space. Credit: NASA Astronomers point to the most distant known galaxies – detected and confirmed by the James Webb Space Telescope The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST or Webb) is an orbiting infrared observatory that will complement and extend the discoveries of the Hubble Space Telescope. It spans …

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Save whales or eat lobster? The battle reaches the White House

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French President Macron may not have realized it, but he got into another fishing war earlier this month when he and 200 other guests were treated to Maine lobster at the White House. poached in butter accented with American Osetra caviar and topped with crispy celery. The problem was lobsters, currently subject to a court …

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