
Olivia Ferrari
Journalist at Freelance
Writing about animals, social science, and environmental justice. Urban wildlife enthusiast.
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livescience.com | Olivia Ferrari
A pest called the fall armywormhas spread across the globe, threatening food security in more than 80 countries. But now, new research has revealed Australian fungi that eat the worms from the inside out — and may be the key to stopping the pests' destructive spread. Fall armyworms (Spodoptera frugiperda) are a type of grey moth native to tropical areas of Central and South America, and in recent years, they have become one of the world's most devastating corn crop pests.
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livescience.com | Olivia Ferrari
India's Thar Desert has become 38% greener over the past 20 years, driven by a combination of climate change and agricultural expansion, according to a new study. The past two decades have seen more people living in this desert and changing the landscape, making it more agricultural and urban, which is part of the reason why the desert has become greener, researchers said. The other piece of the puzzle is climate change, which has caused increasing monsoon precipitation in the region.
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flipboard.com | Olivia Ferrari
6 hours agoStoryline: China's "artificial sun" reaches new milestone toward near-limitless fusion energy [Voice_over] Officials from the China National Nuclear Corporation have announced a milestone at their Huanliu-3 nuclear fusion facility in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The so-called artificial sun has achieved temperatures exceeding 100 million Celsius for both atomic nuclei and electrons, marking a significant leap in performance parameters for the tokamak.
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nationalgeographic.fr | Olivia Ferrari
Sur le réseau social TikTok, les propriétaires d’animaux qui donnent de la nourriture crue à leurs chats et à leurs chiens exhibent régulièrement leurs bols colorés, remplis de viande, organes, têtes, pieds et os crus. Le secteur mondial de l’alimentation crue pour animaux de compagnie, qui pèse 2,9 milliards d’euros, a toujours suscité la controverse, car ces aliments contiennent des protéines animales qui n’ont pas été suffisamment cuites ou chauffées pour éliminer les germes.
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business.nikkei.com | Olivia Ferrari
マイクロプラスチック(直径5ミリメートル以下のプラ粒子)は、世界的にプラスチックの使用量が増えるのに伴い、驚異的な速さで環境に浸透している。現在のプラスチック生産量が年間3億トンを超えるなか、世界の海には、2023年時点で推定250万トンのプラスチックが浮遊している。これは2005年の水準の10倍以上にあたる量だ。 2月3日付けで医学誌「Nature Medicine」に掲載された研究により、マイクロプラスチックとナノプラスチック(さらに小さい直径1~1000ナノメートル)は、人間の肝臓や腎臓よりも高い濃度で脳に蓄積されることが判明した。また、2024年のサンプルは、2016年のサンプルと比べてマイクロおよびナノプラスチックの濃度が大幅に高くなっており、認知症と診断された人の脳内ではさらに高濃度だったという。 脳内のプラスチック粒子と認知症の因果関係が証明されたわけではないものの、こうした研究結果は、プラスチックが健康に影響を及ぼす可能性について懸念を生じさせるものだ。...
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