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What is the right amount of nitrogen in agriculture? Not enough contributes to hunger, too much damages the environment

April 3, 2018 -

Posted by Ralph Flores

(Natural News) Nitrogen is essential in crop production, but it comes with a caveat: Use too much of it, and you risk polluting the environment; use too little, and you risk limiting your crop yield. This was also the focus of an article that appeared in the journal Nutrient Cycling in Agrosystems. The paper, led by […]

in: Agriculture, Environment

BEAUTIFUL CO2: Higher carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere linked to more flowers blooming in tropical forests

January 29, 2018 -

Posted by Russel Davis

(Natural News) The increasing levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) brought about by climate change resulted in an increase in flower production in remote tropical forests across of the globe, according to a study published in the journal Global Change Biology. A team of researchers at Florida State University examined plant materials obtained from tropical forests of Panama’s Barro Colorado […]

in: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Environment, Environment, Flowers, Plants

FACE PLANT: GMO rice trail fails miserably after mutant plants reduce crop yield

April 2, 2017 -

Posted by Amy Goodrich

(Natural News) It is often claimed by advocates of genetically modified (GMO) food that genetically engineered crops are the only way to feed the growing world population and fight world hunger. However, up until now, there has not been a single study that proves GMO foods have helped to “feed the world” in any way. On […]

in: Corporations, Culture & Society, Environment, FIght against GMOs, Food, food safety, GMOs, Health, Toxic chemicals, Toxic Foods