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Study Shows Land-Clearing has Degraded Weather in the Brazilian Cerrado

Brazil is one of the top three producers of both soy and corn globally, and its agricultural sector accounts for one-fifth of the country's economy.

30 Jun 2020

Study Highlights Potential Impact of Recurrent Heatwaves on Coral Species

A new study illustrates the potential impact of recurrent heatwaves on coral species collected by the Australian aquarium coral industry.

30 Jun 2020

Study Calls for Viable Agricultural Approach to Build Sustainable Environment

According to a report, both international and local donors are increasingly investing in industrial agricultural projects to the disadvantage of interventional measures that convert food systems and safeguard the environment at the same time.

29 Jun 2020

Scientists Develop New Model to Simulate Light Harvesting Mechanism

When sunlight shining on a leaf changes rapidly, plants must protect themselves from the ensuing sudden surges of solar energy.

26 Jun 2020

Afforestation Incentive Mechanisms can be Detrimental to the Environment

'Through a counterfactual analysis, we showed that between 1986 and 2011 the incentives to afforestation in Chile caused an increase in forest plantations, but reduced the extent of native forests', explains the main conclusions of the paper Impacts of Chilean forest subsidies on forest cover, carbon and biodiversity, published by the journal Nature Sustainability.

26 Jun 2020

Study may Help Okinawan Seaweed Farming Industry Adapt to Growing Environmental Stress

Since the 1980s, in seaweed farms dotted along the coastline of the subtropical islands of Okinawa, farmers have cultivated the edible brown alga, Okinawa mozuku (Cladosiphon okamuranus).

26 Jun 2020

Forest Conservation Areas in Oil Palm Plantations Play Key Role in Carbon Storage

Forest conservation areas in oil palm plantations play a vital role in storing carbon and boosting rainforest biodiversity, a new study on palm oil agriculture in Borneo has revealed.

24 Jun 2020

Scientists Explore Sustainable Measures to Restore Burnt Forests

Long-lasting drought increases the risk of forest fires. In the past two years, many sometimes large forest fires developed in Germany.

24 Jun 2020

Study Highlights the Role of Local Policies in Sustainable Management of Tropical Forests

In recent years, there has been a rise in foreign and domestic large-scale land acquisitions--defined as being at least roughly one square mile--in Latin America, Asia, and Africa where investing countries and multinational investors take out long-term contracts to use the land for various enterprises.

24 Jun 2020

How to Make Copper Mines Emission Free

The Zero Emission Copper Mine of the Future by University of Sydney’s Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering sets out how Australian copper mining can become emission free over the next 30 years through the use of emerging technologies.

23 Jun 2020