soils
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Biology
Reducing cattle ranches alone isn’t enough to restore degraded soils in Cainta, researchers say
Graphical abstract. Credit: Journal of Environmental Management (2025). doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.124022 Kaincha is the only biome discovered in Brazil alone, and has the largest contiguous region of seasonally arid tropical forests in the world. However, anthropogenic activities such as cattle ranching, agriculture and fire exploitation have led to a massive environmental decomposition process that could even lead to desertification along with…
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Nanotechnology
Experiments show that coating rice seedlings with durian-derived nanoscale carbon dots helps rice grow in saline soils
Rice seedlings sprayed with a carbon dot mixture derived from durian skin (far right) are stronger than untreated seedlings (second from left) and have acquired genes that improve salt tolerance and photosynthesis without genetic modification. It has manifested. Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2024, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c09001 Abnormal weather and pollution have increased salinity in some soils, making growing conditions harsher…
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