Daily Archives: March 2, 2008

Agricultural Ecosystems Men and women rice farmers working in Nepal. Credit: B. Sthapit/Bioversity Managing genetic resources on farms concerns the entire ecosystem, including cultivated crops, forages and agroforestry species, as well as their wild and weedy relatives that may be … Continue reading →

An urban heat island (UHI) is a metropolitan area which is significantly warmer than its surroundings. The temperature difference usually is larger at night than during the day and larger in winter than in summer, and is most apparent when … Continue reading →