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New Approach to the Selection of Crop Varieties Turns Farmers into Citizen Scientists

Under circumstances of fast-growing climate conditions, a new research by Bioversity International and associates deals with the challenge of climate adaptation in a manner that is scalable as well as targeted. Researchers show a distinctive method using crowdsourced citizen science that exploits farmers’ knowledge.

19 Feb 2019

Young Regrowing Forests Found to be Major Terrestrial Carbon Sinks

A study at the University of Birmingham shows that more than half of the carbon sink in the forests across the globe is in the regions where trees are comparatively young—less than 140 years—and not in the tropical rainforests.

19 Feb 2019

Climate Change May Lead to Stronger Thunderstorms and More Stagnant Conditions

Climate change is shifting the energy in the atmosphere that fuels summertime weather, which may lead to stronger thunderstorms and more stagnant conditions for midlatitude regions of the Northern Hemisphere, including North America, Europe, and Asia, a new MIT study finds.

19 Feb 2019

Researchers Reduce Ammonia and Methane Emissions Produced by Ruminants

Based on an earlier treatment of proteins on their diet, researchers from UPM have successfully decreased the ammonia and methane emissions produced during the process of digestion in ruminants.

18 Feb 2019

Combating Climate Change by Understanding “Climate Change Feedbacks”

A British scientist, Thomas Crowther, has identified the long-disappeared forests available for rehabilitation worldwide.

18 Feb 2019

First UK Coastal Lidar Test Site Yields Outstanding Results

Wood has successfully completed the first commercial lidar test at the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s new UK test and verification facility, with outstanding results.

From ORE Catapult 18 Feb 2019

Firing up Phosphate Production

Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has developed a smelting process to produce soluble phosphate for fertiliser from low value ores, eliminating hazardous waste and making production more economically and environmentally sustainable.

18 Feb 2019

Usual Household Chores Prove to be Greater Source of Global Atmospheric Air Pollution

Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder have found that cleaning, cooking, and other regular household chores create considerable levels of volatile and particulate chemicals inside the average home, resulting in indoor air quality levels to be comparable with a polluted major city.

18 Feb 2019

Efforts to Curb Plastic Pollution Caused by Microplastics

Despite the polyester leisure suit being a 1970s mistake, polyester and other synthetic fibers such as nylon are still in use, and are a huge contributor to the volume of microplastics in the environment, according to a materials scientist from Penn State University (PSU), who suggests swapping to biosynthetic fibers to resolve this issue.

18 Feb 2019

About 12 Tons of Waste Kept Out of Landfills and Moved to Recycling Streams by Rubicon Global

Rubicon Global, a technology company that offers waste, recycling, and smart city solutions to industries and governments internationally, recently stated that it effectively diverted approximately 12 tons of waste intended for landfills from State Farm Arena during last week’s revelries in Atlanta, Georgia.

15 Feb 2019