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Ground Breaking Trial Returning Cotton Textile Waste to Cotton Fields in Goondiwindi, Queensland Shows Promising Results

A 12 month trial on a cotton farm just outside the rural town of Goondiwindi Queensland in Australia has shown it’s possible to divert large amounts of cotton textile waste at end of life from landfill with no harm done to soil health or cotton yields.

27 Jul 2022

Bluesky’s Tree Map Helps Green Infrastructure Planning for Housing in Swansea

Bluesky International’s geospatial data is providing environmental insights and informing future green space plans in a bid to enhance resident well-being, improve air quality, maximise biodiversity and improve surface water management at a large housing estate on the outskirts of Swansea.

22 Jul 2022

The Impact of Urban Agriculture on Bee Communities

The biggest threat to biodiversity is urbanization. However, little is known by scientists about how urbanization impacts ecosystem services and biodiversity in tropical parts of the Global South.

18 Jul 2022

Floods and Climate Change Incentive for Farms to Diversity Outside Agriculture

The agricultural sector will increasingly need to adopt new technologies and entrepreneurial flair to provide secondary income, along with more flexible land use to combat weather extremes such as floods and drought, according to new research.

8 Jul 2022

New Kelp Forest Platform a Vital Tool for Global Restoration Efforts

The repository for kelp forest projects monitors the global progress towards restoring our underwater forests.

21 Jun 2022

Integrated Approaches Could Improve Farm Profitability and Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions

American farms produce food, animal feed and biofuel for the world. Scientists from Argonne National Laboratory are providing valuable tools to help big agriculture make decisions that maximize potential but cancel out greenhouse gas emissions.

17 Jun 2022

Investment in Agriculture Research Needed to Battle Against Climate Change

Agriculture can be a powerful weapon in the battle against climate change, but the U.S. needs a Human Genome Project-like investment in research and development to seize that opportunity, Benjamin Z. Houlton, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, testified June 15 to the U.S. House Agriculture Committee.

17 Jun 2022

New Approach to Boosting Crop Yield by Incorporating Strategies from a Fast-Growing Algae

A new study provides a framework to boost crop growth by incorporating a strategy adopted from a fast-growing species of green algae. The algae, known as Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, contain an organelle called the pyrenoid that speeds up the conversion of carbon, which the algae absorb from the air, into a form that the organisms can use for growth.

20 May 2022

Sheffield Recognised as a Tree City of the World

Sheffield has received Tree Cities of the World recognition, bringing a wealth of benefits to local communities, now and into the future.

17 May 2022

Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning Model Could Reduce Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions

A team of researchers led by the University of Minnesota has significantly improved the performance of numerical predictions for agricultural nitrous oxide emissions. The first-of-its-kind knowledge-guided machine learning model is 1,000 times faster than current systems and could significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture.

29 Apr 2022