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Cleaner Mileage on Manure – First Milk Truck Fills Up with Vuorenmaa Dairy Farm’s Own Biogas

Reducing HGV traffic emissions is an important part of Finland’s 2035 carbon-neutrality target. One of its solutions can be found in cow manure: it can be made into biogas that can, in the future, replace fossil diesel fuel, which is what HGVs in Finland currently run on. The Vuorenmaa dairy farm has written a new page for the history books, as Finland’s first manure-powered milk truck filled up with the farm’s own renewable biogas.

10 Mar 2021

Rise of Marine Predators Overhauled Ocean Ecosystems Similar to Mass Extinction Events

Evolutionary arms races between marine animals overhauled ocean ecosystems on scales similar to the mass extinctions triggered by global disasters, a new study shows.

9 Mar 2021

Northern California's Species-Rich Kelp Forests Replaced by "Urchin Barrens"

Satellite imagery shows that the area covered by kelp forests off the coast of Northern California has dropped by more than 95 percent, with just a few small, isolated patches of bull kelp remaining. Species-rich kelp forests have been replaced by "urchin barrens," where purple sea urchins cover a seafloor devoid of kelp and other algae.

8 Mar 2021

Functional Eradication can Limit Impact of Invasive Species

Managing invasive species--not eliminating them altogether--is a better use of time and conservation resources in many cases, according to a study led by a University of Alberta biologist.

5 Mar 2021

Monitoring Methane Emissions From Gas Pipelines

For the first time, scientists, using satellite data from the Copernicus Sentinel missions, are now able to detect individual methane plumes leaking from natural gas pipelines around the globe.

5 Mar 2021

Study may Help with Management of Dolphin-Fishery Interactions in the Future

While consumers look out for the Dolphin Safe mark on seafood purchases, a major research stocktake of Australian-New Zealand waters gives new guidelines to managers of dolphin fisheries.

4 Mar 2021

Global Ecosystem Respiration Varies in Response to Increasing Temperatures

Land stores vast amounts of carbon, but a new study led by Cranfield University's Dr Alice Johnston suggests that how much of this carbon enters the atmosphere as temperatures rise depends on how far that land sits from the equator.

4 Mar 2021

Dolphin Populations At-Risk Trans-Tasman Study Calls for Greater Collaboration

While consumers look out for the Dolphin Safe mark on seafood purchases, a major research stocktake of Australian-New Zealand waters gives new guidelines to managers of dolphin fisheries.

4 Mar 2021

Burger King® UK Aims for 0% Single Use Plastic by 2025 as Part of Transparent New Charter

Burger King® UK has set out its road map on sustainability, food quality and ethics in a new charter launched today entitled: Burger King for Good.

3 Mar 2021

Global Catalogue of Ecosystems Launched to Enable Coordinated Conservation Efforts

UNSW and The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have launched the world’s first Global Typology of Ecosystems, the first-ever comprehensive system for classifying and mapping all ecosystems on Earth based on both their functions and composition. The typology allows for more coordinated and effective approaches to conservation management.

2 Mar 2021