The cultivation of rice—the staple grain for more than 3.5 billion people around the world—comes with extremely high environmental, climate and economic costs.
Biotechnology
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A research team from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has released Africa's first high-resolution rice distribution map, featuring a resolution of 20 meters. This dataset ...
Biotechnology
Jun 25, 2025
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In two recent studies, scientists from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin have identified and described 40 previously unknown moth species from the Philippines. The newly discovered species belong to the snout moth family ...
Plants & Animals
May 12, 2025
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A cold, dry part of Chile might not sound like the best place to grow rice, a famously thirsty grain that thrives in tropical conditions.
Agriculture
Apr 29, 2025
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Rice cultivation is responsible for around 12% of global methane emissions, and these emissions are expected to increase with global warming and as the human population continues to grow.
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 3, 2025
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Rice paddies, responsible for approximately 10% of global anthropogenic methane (CH₄) emissions, are increasingly recognized as a key contributor to global warming. Reducing emissions from rice cultivation is essential ...
Environment
Dec 2, 2024
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As global climate warming becomes increasingly severe, scientists are delving deeper into greenhouse gas emissions across various industries. Recently, a study from Duke Kunshan University and Yangzhou University on the changes ...
Environment
Sep 10, 2024
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While the United States and China have taken important steps to reduce their methane emissions, other significant producers of the potent greenhouse gas rarely have concrete national plans to mitigate it, according to a new ...
Environment
Sep 4, 2024
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Each summer, nearly 25,000 acres (10,000 hectares) of rice is cultivated in the Florida Everglades Agricultural Area, a roughly 1,100-square-mile (2,800-square-kilometer) area south of Lake Okeechobee.
Ecology
Aug 12, 2024
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University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers have discovered that the anatomical adaptation helping weedy rice varieties to proliferate is not, as previously believed, confined only to these pest varieties. The research, ...
Evolution
Jul 10, 2024
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