While floating solar – the emerging practice of putting solar panels on bodies of water – is promising in its efficiency and its potential to spare agricultural and conservation lands, a new experiment finds environmental trade-offs.
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Scientists at UMass Amherst Engineer Plant-Based Method of 'Precious' Mineral Mining
An unassuming plant—considered a noxious weed by some—may be the key to fueling a green economy in the U.S.
Scientists Predict What Will be Top of the Crops by 2080 Due to Climate Change
While climate change is likely to present significant challenges to agriculture in coming decades, it could also mean that crops such as chickpeas, soybeans and oranges are widely grown across the UK, and home-produced hummus, tofu and marmalade are a common sight on our supermarket shelves by 2080.
Moment in the Sun: Why Greenspace Planning is Key to Better Health
Researchers from The University of Queensland are shining a light on the link between greenspace exposure and better health in the hope of influencing future urban greening policies.
Seagrass Meadows as Natural Climate Protectors
How can seagrass help combat climate change?
Progress With New-Look Wind Turbine
A next-generation vertical wind turbine is set to be put on trial south of Adelaide in a novel research collaboration between Flinders University and South Australian start-up company VAWT-X Energy.