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Saskatchewan researchers for producers stuck with unsellable fusarium-infected wheat may actually put cash in the farmers’ pockets and open up a new worm-based niche market in the feed industry.“We want to help producers by making use of grain that is worth nothing and that no one knows how… </p></div> <div style="font-style:italic;font-weight:400;" class="wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size"><time datetime="2018-01-25T13:21:00+00:00"><a href="http://www.earthscape.org/science/news/mealworms-may-turn-infected-wheat-into-cash/">January 25, 2018</a></time></div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"></div> </div> <div style="height:112px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> </div> </li><li class="wp-block-post post-6699 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news"> <div class="wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><h2 class="alignwide wp-block-post-title 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class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:650px"><div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">UCI study also finds megacities affected most by uptick in extreme-heat events </p></div> <div style="font-style:italic;font-weight:400;" class="wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size"><time datetime="2018-01-24T21:29:00+00:00"><a href="http://www.earthscape.org/science/news/rise-in-severity-of-hottest-days-outpaces-global-average-temperature-increase/">January 24, 2018</a></time></div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"></div> </div> <div style="height:112px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> </div> </li><li class="wp-block-post post-6703 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news"> <div class="wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><h2 class="alignwide wp-block-post-title has-var-wp-custom-typography-font-size-huge-clamp-2-25-rem-4-vw-2-75-rem-font-size"><a href="http://www.earthscape.org/science/news/york-university-research-explains-why-global-responses-to-pandemics-are-too-slow/" target="_self" >York University research explains why global responses to pandemics are too slow</a></h2> <div class="wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:650px"><div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">New research out of York University shows that political dilly-dallying delays global responses to emerging pandemics more than poor surveillance capacity.Steven J. Hoffman, professor in the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, Faculty of Health and Osgoode Hall Law School and his colleague Sarah L. Silverberg, conducted an analysis of the three most recent pandemics… </p></div> <div style="font-style:italic;font-weight:400;" class="wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size"><time datetime="2018-01-24T21:27:00+00:00"><a href="http://www.earthscape.org/science/news/york-university-research-explains-why-global-responses-to-pandemics-are-too-slow/">January 24, 2018</a></time></div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"></div> </div> <div style="height:112px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> </div> </li><li class="wp-block-post post-6702 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news"> <div class="wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><h2 class="alignwide wp-block-post-title has-var-wp-custom-typography-font-size-huge-clamp-2-25-rem-4-vw-2-75-rem-font-size"><a href="http://www.earthscape.org/science/news/meat-is-not-the-new-tobacco-and-shouldnt-be-taxed/" target="_self" >Meat is not the “new tobacco,” and shouldn't be taxed</a></h2> <div class="wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-5 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:650px"><div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">The idea of having to pay a sin tax for environmentally detrimental foods is gaining more support. For some, eating meat is a sin, and therefore meat products should be taxed like alcohol and tobacco.A new report published recently by a British group called Farm Animal Investment Risk and Return Initiative (FAIRR) argues that a… </p></div> <div style="font-style:italic;font-weight:400;" class="wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size"><time datetime="2018-01-24T21:27:00+00:00"><a href="http://www.earthscape.org/science/news/meat-is-not-the-new-tobacco-and-shouldnt-be-taxed/">January 24, 2018</a></time></div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"></div> </div> <div style="height:112px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> </div> </li><li class="wp-block-post post-6701 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news"> <div class="wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><h2 class="alignwide wp-block-post-title has-var-wp-custom-typography-font-size-huge-clamp-2-25-rem-4-vw-2-75-rem-font-size"><a href="http://www.earthscape.org/science/news/less-predictable-precipitation/" target="_self" >Less predictable precipitation</a></h2> <div class="wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:650px"><div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">Waning influence of once-telling weather patterns altered by global warming skews projections. </p></div> <div style="font-style:italic;font-weight:400;" class="wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size"><time datetime="2018-01-24T21:18:00+00:00"><a href="http://www.earthscape.org/science/news/less-predictable-precipitation/">January 24, 2018</a></time></div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"></div> </div> <div style="height:112px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> </div> </li><li class="wp-block-post post-6704 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news"> <div class="wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><h2 class="alignwide wp-block-post-title has-var-wp-custom-typography-font-size-huge-clamp-2-25-rem-4-vw-2-75-rem-font-size"><a href="http://www.earthscape.org/science/news/rare-traces-of-a-volatile-gas/" target="_self" >Rare Traces of a Volatile Gas</a></h2> <div class="wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:650px"><div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">Nitrogen oxides — i.e. nitrogen compounds with varying amounts of oxygen — have a very bad reputation. They are produced among other things by burning fossil fuels. In regions with heavy traffic and a lot of industry, they occur in high concentrations and are made responsible for a large number of diseases of the respiratory… </p></div> <div style="font-style:italic;font-weight:400;" class="wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size"><time datetime="2018-01-24T19:56:00+00:00"><a href="http://www.earthscape.org/science/news/rare-traces-of-a-volatile-gas/">January 24, 2018</a></time></div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"></div> </div> <div style="height:112px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> </div> </li><li class="wp-block-post post-6691 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news"> <div class="wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><h2 class="alignwide wp-block-post-title has-var-wp-custom-typography-font-size-huge-clamp-2-25-rem-4-vw-2-75-rem-font-size"><a href="http://www.earthscape.org/science/news/vaccines-not-protecting-farmed-fish-from-disease/" target="_self" >Vaccines not protecting farmed fish from disease</a></h2> <div class="wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:650px"><div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">The vaccines used by commercial fish farmers are not protecting fish from disease, according to a new study.The study was compiled by researchers at the University of Waterloo, the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso and Chile’s University of Valparaiso. It showed vaccinated fish tend to show more symptoms when contracting diseases, with the health impacts… </p></div> <div style="font-style:italic;font-weight:400;" class="wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size"><time datetime="2018-01-24T16:21:00+00:00"><a href="http://www.earthscape.org/science/news/vaccines-not-protecting-farmed-fish-from-disease/">January 24, 2018</a></time></div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"></div> </div> <div style="height:112px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> </div> </li><li class="wp-block-post post-6692 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news"> <div class="wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><h2 class="alignwide wp-block-post-title has-var-wp-custom-typography-font-size-huge-clamp-2-25-rem-4-vw-2-75-rem-font-size"><a href="http://www.earthscape.org/science/news/cougars-officially-declared-extinct-in-eastern-u-s-removed-from-endangered-species-list/" target="_self" >Cougars Officially Declared Extinct in Eastern U.S., Removed from Endangered Species List</a></h2> <div class="wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:650px"><div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">Eastern cougars once roamed every U.S. state east of the Mississippi, but it has been eight decades since the last confirmed sighting of the animal. Now, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has officially declared the subspecies extinct and removed it from the U.S. endangered species list. </p></div> <div style="font-style:italic;font-weight:400;" class="wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size"><time datetime="2018-01-24T16:10:00+00:00"><a href="http://www.earthscape.org/science/news/cougars-officially-declared-extinct-in-eastern-u-s-removed-from-endangered-species-list/">January 24, 2018</a></time></div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"></div> </div> <div style="height:112px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> </div> </li><li class="wp-block-post post-6693 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news"> <div class="wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><h2 class="alignwide wp-block-post-title has-var-wp-custom-typography-font-size-huge-clamp-2-25-rem-4-vw-2-75-rem-font-size"><a href="http://www.earthscape.org/science/news/researchers-use-wild-rice-to-predict-health-of-minnesota-lakes-and-streams/" target="_self" >Researchers Use Wild Rice to Predict Health of Minnesota Lakes and Streams</a></h2> <div class="wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-10 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:650px"><div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">By studying wild rice in lakes and streams, a team of researchers led by the University of Minnesota has discovered that sulfate in waterways is converted into toxic levels of sulfide and increases other harmful elements. 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