A study published on 21 December in Nature Communications has uncovered the mechanism that allows plants to remember changes in their environment (1). This memory function can help plants to
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Cover crops are widely used across Europe and North America to reduce soil erosion, promote atmospheric nitrogen fixation, reduce nitrogen losses, and improver overall soil health. Moreover, cover crops have
In October, Bord na Móna ― an Irish semi-state owned peat harvesting and energy company based in Newbridge, County Kildare ― announced it will close 17 of its 62 active
A new study slated for publication on 1 March 2019 in Science of the Total Environment has found that bacterial infections typically found in humans, including Salmonella serovar and Campylobacter
As part of the UN climate summit, COP24, in Katowice, Poland from 2–14 December, the world’s top investors came together on 10 December calling for urgent reductions in carbon emissions and
A report published in Science on 6 December has revealed the extent to which private research funders are stowing away cash in offshore havens. The exposé entitled “Private research funders
On 5 December, NASA launched the first-of-its-kind Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) instrument designed to create a 3D map of the world’s forests. The so-called Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI)
A new paper published on 5 December in Nature presents the first global map of the distribution of atmospheric ammonia (NH3) based on satellite data (1). The new data has
Increasing soil carbon could mitigate climate change and promote global food security
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In a commentary published on 3 December in Nature News & Comment, leading climate experts and scientists have laid out eight steps for recovering soil carbon stocks, which they believe
A new study published on 29 November in the journal Science has presented a newly developed iron (Fe) molecule that can function as both a photocatalyst to produce fuel and