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Breeding Cattle to Reduce their Methane Emissions

An international group of researchers has demonstrated that cattle can be bred to minimize their methane emissions.

8 Jul 2019

Study Finds Additional Pathway for Carbon into Rivers from Deforested Lands

According to new research by scientists at Florida State University, thousand-year-old tropical soil unearthed by speeding up agriculture land use and deforestation could release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

25 Jun 2019

Compostable Food Containers Could Release PFAS into Environment

Compostable food containers seem like a great idea: They degrade into nutrient-rich organic matter, reducing waste and the need for chemical fertilizers.

31 May 2019

Deforestation Affects Abundance, Biomass, Richness, and Diversity of Soil Fauna and Microbes

Presently, one of the greatest threats to tropical biodiversity conservation is the clearing and subsequent instability of Amazonian forests.

27 May 2019

Researchers Conduct the First Detailed Study of How Rural Communities Interact with Peatlands

A team of UK and Peruvian scientists have conducted the first comprehensive survey of how rural communities interact with peatlands in the Peruvian Amazon, a landscape that is one of the world’s largest stores of carbon.

22 May 2019

Circa Group's Renewable Solvent Wins Environmental Leader’s Top Product 2019 Award

CyreneTM, a bio-based, renewable solvent produced by biotechnology company Circa Group, has won Top Product 2019 at the Environmental Leader (EL) and Energy Manager Today (EMT) Awards.

From Circa Group Ltd 17 May 2019

Accumulation of Marine Plastic Pollution Poses a Major Threat to Coastal Ecosystems

According to a recent study from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), mangrove forests located on the coasts of Saudi Arabia serve as litter traps, accruing large amounts of plastic litter from the marine environment.

14 May 2019

Conservation Groups Failing Nature by Ignoring Human Population, says Charity

In light of the lntergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services assessment report published today, campaign charity Population Matters has hit out at conservation groups which fail to address the human population.

7 May 2019

Study Shows for First Time Early-Morning Peaks in CO2 over Ocean Waters

High concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air blowing out to sea from cities and agricultural regions, including Silicon Valley were recently noted by scientists at MBARI measured.

24 Apr 2019

Marine Sponge Tests Point to Human Microbiome Answers

Using marine sponges, Flinders University researchers have developed a new technique to read complex microbial populations – a technique that could also be applied to improve analysis of the human microbiome.

23 Apr 2019