Monday Morning Coffee Break: March 7

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#foodsecurity #climatechange #environmentalchange #climatemodel #data

A Year in the Life of "Collections in the News"

Fig.1. SciColl secretariat is housed at the National Museum of Natural History in D.C.
(Credit: Don DeBold, 2012) 

With 158 articles published and more than a year underway, Collections in the News has sought to raise awareness about ongoing research done with scientific collections. This year brought visitors from 95 countries to our blog who read about a disease detective at the National Museum of Natural History, stopped for their Monday morning coffee break each week, and had the chance to learn how microbes and mammoth bones teach us more about our world.

Some blog highlights for 2015 include article series on international efforts that work to protect the planet’s soils and address climate change problems. We also participated in GIF week with Deep Sea News and celebrated Thanksgiving with maize scientists. Read more below about these article series!

Monday Morning Coffee Break: Aug. 24

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#emergencymanagement #preparedness #foodsecurity #seedbanks #naturaldisaster

In the News: From Galilee to Starbucks

Fig.1. This cup of coffee is in danger, thanks to a pest devastating coffee crops (Credit: Fil.Al via Flickr)

From coffee to rice, humans are dependent on their agricultural systems in many different ways. Recent research has drawn attention back to ancient times, addressed bacterial blight in rice, found disease resistant peanuts and more!

Monday Morning Coffee Break: Aug. 17

(Credit: Emanuele Lodolo) 

#discovery #monolith #Stonehenge #ocean

Monday Morning Coffee Break: Aug. 10

(Credit: University of Wollongong) 

#discovery #naturalhistory #pearl #prehistoric #archaeology