A study led by University of Liverpool scientists has revealed a new way to improve crop growth, meeting a significant challenge to increase crop productivity in a changing climate with a growing population.
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Tree Diversity Increases Carbon Storage, Soil Fertility in Forests
Keeping tree diversity intact in Canada’s many forests over the long term can help increase carbon capture and mitigate climate change, according to a new University of Alberta study.
Woodpecker Guides Post-Fire Forest Management
What's good for the Black-backed Woodpecker is good for restoration of burned California forests.
Prolonged Droughts Likely Spelled the End for Indus Megacities
New research involving Cambridge University has found evidence — locked into an ancient stalagmite from a cave in the Himalayas — of a series of severe and lengthy droughts which may have upturned the Bronze Age Indus Civilization.
Getting Sustainability Done in New York City
Just in time for Earth Day, New York City has issued a new sustainability plan, one that focuses on means as well as ends.
Researcher Aims to Create a Sustainable Protein Source Powered by Hydrogen
Lutz Grossmann is on a scientific mission to create tasty, animal-free protein that has a low carbon footprint and is produced without relying on agricultural land – a usual and progressively stressed source of the global food supply.