Jeremy Kerr 🇨🇦

@jetkerr.bsky.social

Fellow of Royal Society of Canada, Royal Society of Biology, American Association for Advancement of Science, and Sigma Xi. I study biodiversity to save more of it. EDI. Bio prof @uottawa. Nature photography, running, sailing. Photos (c) JK.

🚨 After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.

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This newly released paper is co-authored by RSC Members Malek Batal, FRSC & Jeremy Kerr, FRSC (@jetkerr.bsky.social)! Read it at the link below. 🌱

FACETS Journal@facetsjournal.bsky.social · 4mo ago

In a new 📄 Klassen et al. explore how #biodiversity is linked to traditional food access and nutrition in First Nations in Canada. Read the paper in FACETS ➡ https://ow.ly/6TYV50YQvgZ #FirstNations #health #nutrition #HealthEquity #CanadianResearch

Ninth Grader Demi Johnson receives National Geographic award for plan to save Mississippi's oyster reef population. The ninth grader has produced 1,100 oysters that will in turn spawn millions of larvae into the ecosystem, a huge ecological impact

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More than two-thirds of the public believe at least one false or unproven health claim—such as the idea that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism—a new survey finds. The results hint that a large, and potentially growing, number of people are questioning scientific evidence.

‘Staggering’ number of people believe unproven claims about vaccines, raw milk and more

Survey results suggest a rise in questioning of scientific evidence.

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