Climate, COVID-19, Locusts and The Agriculture Sector
Pakistan: The Year 2020 proved to be the most challenging year for all economic sectors and significantly affected the agriculture…
Author: Iqra Aslam
Iqra Aslam is currently working as lecturer of Biochemistry. She has been awarded with “Excellent performance Award” in recognition of her services and hard work. Her main areas of research include: enzyme based biosensors and enzymatic biofuel cells development.
Forest margins may be more resilient to climate change than previously thought
A warming climate and more frequent wildfires do not necessarily mean the western United States will see the forest loss…
Life in Earth’s interior as productive as in some ocean waters
Terrestrial and marine habitats have been considered the ecosystems with the highest primary production on earth by far, i.e., the…
Climate change and civil unrest among the ancient Maya
An extended period of turmoil in the prehistoric Maya city of Mayapan, in the Yucatan region of Mexico, was marked…
Sweet: Honey reduces cardiometabolic risks, study shows
Researchers at the University of Toronto have found that honey improves key measures of cardiometabolic health, including blood sugar and…
Molecules boosting plant immunity identified
Two studies published in the journal Science by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne,…
Warming oceans are changing Australian reef fish populations
Shallow reefs and the creatures that inhabit them are changing due to rising ocean temperatures, but these impacts have been…
Expansion of nurturGROW offering with new vertical farm range
Light Science Technologies has expanded its nurturGROW lighting product portfolio with the launch of its ‘slimline’ Vertical Farm range, featuring…
Research reveals the science behind this plant’s blue berries
On a beautiful fall day in 2019, Miranda Sinnott-Armstrong was walking down Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado when something caught…
Refreezing poles feasible and cheap, new study finds
The poles are warming several times faster than the global average, causing record smashing heatwaves that were reported earlier this…