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Multiple benefits of molasses nutrient blocks for cattle: Helping the fight against climate change

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Peter Windsor and colleagues are researching the challenges of increasing productivity and disease control for smallholder farmers in Southeast Asia and beyond, and suggest using molasses nutrition blocks as one potential solution.

In Southeast Asia, with its burgeoning economies, smallholder livestock production is in a promising transition stage, yet overall remains inefficient. Dr Peter Windsor, Professor Emeritus at the Sydney School of Veterinary Science at the University of Sydney, Australia, and a team of researchers in Laos, have adapted the humble feed block into an effective multi-intervention livestock development strategy that could […]

Measuring greenhouse gas emissions from wildfires from space

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Using carbon monoxide to measure greenhouse gas emissions from forest fires using satellites instead of traditional monitoring options

Vast areas of the Northern Hemisphere in Siberia, Canada, and Alaska are covered in forest. Fires (wildfires) in this wilderness are quite common, with the forests being at risk twice a year, first in spring and then in late summer. Occasionally these wildfires reach populated places causing damage to homes and other city buildings. Furthermore, many experts believe that carbon […]

Tuna on the move: How climate change impacts Pacific Island economies

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Dr Johann Bell and colleagues use environmental modelling systems to simulate the change in tuna biomass density in the future as a result of changing climate conditions in the Pacific Ocean

Climate change affects the spatial distribution of commercially important tuna species in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Predicted shifts of tuna outside the jurisdictions of Pacific Island countries and territories could have a significant impact on the revenue they receive from tuna fishing, threatening their economic stability during climate change. Dr Johann Bell from Conservation International and the University of Wollongong, […]