This week in an interesting commentary published on 9 January in Nature, three international researchers― Prof Yong Geng from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China, Prof Joseph Sarkis from the
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Energy sources are needed to achieve the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goal for clean water and sanitation (SDG6), in order to facilitate energy-intensive water treatment processes. At the same
Most estimates of ocean warming only go back as far as the 1950s, owing to limited data. A new study published on 7 January in PLoS One presents a reconstruction of historical
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
Climate-smart agriculture is a promising approach to addressing the threat of climate change and can effectively increase yields, benefit the environment, and increase farmer income. Such strategies―including diversification or rotation
World must triple efforts to prevent catastrophic climate change, according to latest UN report
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World governments will need to triple their efforts to meet the commitments laid out in the 2015 Paris Climate Pact, according to the latest United Nations (UN) report, released on
Modern aeroplanes achieve flight using propellers and turbines powered by the combustion of greenhouse-gas emitting fossil fuels. A new paper published on 21 November in Nature has reported the first
Scientists set out on an Antarctic mission to learn more about mysterious molecules that clean the sky
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A team of scientists from Australia and the US are heading to Antarctica to research how the atmosphere’s ability to cleanse itself of greenhouse gases and other nasty chemicals has
A new study published on 15 November in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems has presented a cheap and easy real-time method to measure nutrient levels in grassland (1). This rapid