A new special issue on rewilding was published on October 22 in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, edited by Dr Liesbeth Bakker, an aquatic ecology researcher from the
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Should the agricultural industry adopt an approach similar to the auto industry’s fuel-emissions standards?
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A new study published on 15 October in Nature Sustainability finds that adopting benchmarks similar to the fuel-efficiency standards used by the automotive industry in the production of fertilizer could
A new paper published on 12 October in the journal Nature Advances presents a novel synthetic catalyst ― epsilon iron carbide ― a catalyst that can be successfully used in the coal-to-liquids (CTL) conversion
A new study published on 10 October in the journal Nature has found that sustainably feeding the world population, estimated to reach 10 billion by 2050, is achievable but only
A paper published in the journal Joule on 4 October presents the most accurate model yet of how increasing wind power could affect climate change (1). Wind power reduces emissions
Engineering Photosynthesis: Over-expressing an enzyme in maize could lead to higher yields
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A new study published on 1 October in Nature Plants has shown that boosting the content of an enzyme called Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) can make maize (corn) plants more productive
A new study published on 21 September in Joule has demonstrated a new approach that could potentially combine carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and conversion in a single device (1). The
Mosquitos may be providing another route for toxic microplastics to enter the food chain
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A new study published on 19 September in Biology Letters, a peer-reviewed scientific journal, has shown that microplastics eaten by mosquito larvae remain in their bodies well into adulthood, and
The growth of ag-tech: Investors and startups are waking up to new opportunities in agriculture
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On 17 September, Rabobank launched the Food Loss Challenge for ag-tech startups in Asia. The open challenge invites disruptive startups to propose innovative solutions for reducing food loss. In addition
A new study published on 17 September in Nature Geosciences suggests the emission budget for long-term targets set out by the Paris Climate Agreement may be exceeded much sooner than