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Tag Archives: waterway
Wild weather and a rubbish response
Yesterday our British Met Office announced an incredibly wet January in parts of Southern England. Before the month was over, ‘the southeast and central southern England region has already had its wettest January in records going back to 1910.’ The … Continue reading
A new invader to eat rice plants?
The Non-Native Species Secretariat (NNSS) for Britain doesn’t list apple snails (Pomacea canaliculata and P. maculata) as invasive species, but perhaps it should. Apple snails are aquatic. They spread when there’s flooding, when they cling onto larger animals or onto … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, ecology, miniculture
Tagged alien species, America, apple snail, aquaculture, Asia, crop, data, farmer, flood, gastropod, heliculture, herbivore, invasive species, map, mollusc, nematode, parasite, parasite transmission, pest, pet, plant_monocot, rice, roundworm, snail, vector, waterway
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More corn grown in U.S. this year than ever before. Thanks, biofuels.
argylesock says… We can hope for more ‘advanced biofuels’ but just now, biofuels in the USA are mostly from corn (maize, Zea mays).
Posted in agriculture, money and trade
Tagged biofuel, conservation, corn, crop, cropland, eutrophic, fertiliser, fuel, grain, herbicide, land use, maize, pesticide, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, politics, pollution, research, soya, sustainable, technology, trade, waterway
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How UK water companies are polluting Britain’s rivers and beaches
Originally posted on Stop Making Sense:
From The Guardian: The most persistent and frequent polluters of England’s rivers and beaches are the nation’s 10 biggest water companies, an Observerinvestigation has revealed. The companies, which are responsible for treating waste water and delivering clean…
Posted in ecology, money and trade
Tagged coastline, ecosystem, law, pollution, sea, water, waterway
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It’s not just pests: Pesticides damage biodiversity
Yesterday Sharon Oosthoek at Nature told us about some new science, showing that pesticides spark broad biodiversity loss. It’s easy to spray pesticides within legal limits. But many pesticides accumulate in soil and water. Many organisms can be affected, going … Continue reading
Posted in ecology
Tagged biodiversity, chemical accumulation, ecosystem, integrated pest management, law, pest, pesticide, pollution, research, soil, water, waterway
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Roundup has serious impacts in soil, water, intestinal flora and pregnant women
Originally posted on seeds for natural justice:
Roundup has serious impacts in soil, water and pregnant women Now, the actual safety and environmental effects of Roundup are the subject of some dispute. It gets into waterways and may affect aquatic…
Posted in agriculture, ecology, human health
Tagged bacterium, ecosystem, glyphosate, herbicide, human, invertebrate, lake, milk, Monsanto, pesticide, pollution, pond, research, Roundup, soil, waterway, woman
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The problem of an escaped water plant
If like me, you’ve kept goldfish (Carassius auratus auratus) in cold-water fishtanks, you’ve probably included aquarium plants. My pet goldfish were a joy and inspiration during my baby-naturalist childhood. So it’s a shock to learn that a plant I grew … Continue reading
Posted in ecology, fish
Tagged alien species, Asia, Australian swamp stonecrop, biological control, conservation, dichlobenil, diquat dibromide, ecosystem, Europe, finfish, fishtank, glyphosate, goldfish, herbicide, invasive species, law, mechanical control, pesticide, plant_dicot, pond, research, Roundup, trade, vertebrate, water plant, waterway, weed
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The High Cost of Cheap Nitrogen
Originally posted on Global Food Politics:
West Fertilizer Plant Explosion. Source: The New Yorker. The explosion of the fertilizer factory in West, Texas, earlier this month was lost amid discussion of the Boston Marathon bombing. Yet the tragic explosion highlights…
Posted in ecology, food, knowledge transfer, money and trade
Tagged algae, crop, duckweed, eutrophic, fertiliser, nitrogen, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, pollution, river, sea, soil, water, water plant, waterway
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Tree of the month: Alder
The moon was full last night. So according to my favourite version of the Ogham ‘tree calendar’, we’re now halfway through the Month of the Alder. You might choose to follow my ‘ogham’ tag for other posts in this series. … Continue reading
Posted in ecology
Tagged alien species, ancient woodland, bacterium, bird, bryophyte, catkin, disease, emerging disease, Europe, finfish, flood, flower, forest, fungus, garden, history, indicator species, invertebrate, land reclamation, land use, lichen, mammal, map, mollusc, moss, mould, myth, native species, ogham, pathogen, Phytophthora alni, plant_dicot, seed, seed dispersal, spring, symbiosis, tree, vertebrate, water, waterway, wetland, wildlife, woodland
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