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气候变化对农业的影响可能被低估
16-03-08 One of the most critical questions surrounding climate change is how it might affect the food supply for a growing global population. A new study by researchers from Brown and Tufts universities suggests that researchers have been overlooking how tw...
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2050年50万人因气候变化改变食品生产而死亡
16-03-07 Climate change could kill more than 500000 adults in 2050 worldwide due to changes in diets and bodyweight from reduced crop productivity, according to new estimates published in The Lancet. The research is the strongest evidence yet that climate ch...
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丹麦某超市专卖临期食品
16-03-04 Denmark is once again distinguishing itself in the race against food waste -- this time, with a supermarket hawking items once destined for the trash bin. 在防止食物浪费方面，丹麦再一次走在了各国前列这次，它的一家超市开始销售原本该扔进垃圾箱的东西。...
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种鸟利用短吻鳄保护巢穴
16-03-03 Breeding birds that nest above alligators for protection from mammalian predators may also provide a source of food for the alligators living in the Everglades, Florida, according to a study published March 2, 2016 in the open-access journal PLOS ON...
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环境无害包装能延长食品的保质期
16-02-26 Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have successfully developed an environmentally-friendly food packaging material that is free from chemical additives, by fortifying natural chitosan-based composite film with grapefruit see...
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Life is a gift
16-02-24 Today before you think of saying an unkind word, Think of someone who can't speak. Before you complain about the taste of your food, Think of someone who has nothing to eat. Before you complain about your husband or wife, Think of someone who's cryi...
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厨房的整洁度影响食量
16-02-23 Turns out, you're not just what you eat -- you're also where you eat. 研究证明，不仅你吃的是什么很重要，你在哪儿吃的也很重要。 Researchers from Cornell University's Food and Brand Lab found that study participants snacked on double the number of cal...
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food swamp 食物沼泽
16-02-16 Food swamp refers to an area that has an abundance of fast food restaurants and other low-nutrition food options. 食物沼泽是指快餐店林立和被其他类似的营养价值较低食品充斥的地区。 乍看之下，食品荒漠（food desert）和食物沼泽都与食物相关，其实两者里提...
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food desert 食品荒漠
16-02-16 Food desert refers to an area where fresh food is either non-existent or too expensive. 食品荒漠是指没有新鲜食品或这种食品价格极贵的地区。 看了以上定义，你也许对此还是没啥概念。憋急！我们来看看对此问题颇感头大的美国农业部是怎么解释的： What is a foo...
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1亿年前蚂蚁即为食物与领地而战斗
16-02-14 Like people, ants have often fought over food and territory. But ants began fighting long before humans: at least 99 million years ago, according to Phillip Barden, a fossil insect expert who works in the Insect and Evolution Lab of Jessica L. Ware,...
