Attaching special climbing ropes to culverts could help whitebait species to reach suitable adult breeding habitats.

A US study has found that people who eat high levels of red meat have the highest overall risk of death from all causes, including heart disease and cancer. EAT MORE SKIPPY.

found abnormalities in areas of the brain that interconnect brain regions involved in memory, attention, decision-making, language and executive functioning skills. The findings are of particular concern because adolescence is a crucial period for brain

(Recipe for Biochar)Take any biological material, such as crop waste, corn stalks, forestry waste, paper mill waste, green waste, animal manures and human sewage. Partially burn it, using little or no oxygen, a process called pyrolysis.

Research has shown that the worldwide average for salt intake per individual is about 10 grams per day, which is greater than the U.S. FDA recommended intake by about 4 grams, & may exceed what the body actually needs by more than 8 grams !

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jet-black patches of dirt so fertile that they could be planted continuously for over 40 years without applying fertilizer.++they could augment soil fertility and, perhaps, leach carbon out of the atmosphere and reverse global warming.

As a major component of the global carbon cycle, soils are often overlooked in comparison to fossil fuel emissions. But the soil carbon pool has many effects upon the environment, including filtering pollutants from water, regulating the quality and pro

biochar may be the answer we are so desperately looking for: Pyrolysis with biochar carbon sequestration provides a tool to combine sustainable soil management (carbon sequestration), and renewable energy production

"If carbon is released from soil to the atmosphere or if methane and nitrous oxide emissions increase, climate change will be exacerbated. If more carbon is accumulated in soil and the emissions decrease, climate change will be retarded."