Mutant roots reveal how we can grow crops in damaged soils
Researchers have unearthed a 'biological switch' which could boost crop yield worldwide.
Jan. 14, 2021 • ~7 min
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Coffee: here's the carbon cost of your daily cup – and how to make it climate-friendly
The process that brought you your morning latte could have produced half a kilogram of CO₂.
Jan. 4, 2021 • ~5 min
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The daily grind: how to cut carbon emissions from coffee by 77%
The process that brought you your morning latte could have produced half a kilogram of CO₂.
Jan. 4, 2021 • ~5 min
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Almost 90% of the world's animal species will lose some habitat to agriculture by 2050
Our research shows we could feed the world sustainably – but conservation will have to become a lot more proactive.
Dec. 21, 2020 • ~7 min
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Demand for meat is driving deforestation in Brazil – changing the soy industry could stop it
Deforestation in Brazil recently reached a 12-year high, prompting France to cut soybean imports from the country.
Dec. 17, 2020 • ~7 min
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UK Agriculture Bill: how farming and forestry could co-exist happily
Alternative farming models, like wood pasture grazing, would allow the UK government to maintain food production while regenerating ecosystems.
Dec. 2, 2020 • ~6 min
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One-fifth of ecosystems in danger of collapse – here’s what that might look like
Humans have caused ecosystems to collapse on purpose for millennia, to grow food or build settlements. But unplanned collapses are a different matter.
Nov. 24, 2020 • ~7 min
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Returning the 'three sisters' – corn, beans and squash – to Native American farms nourishes people, land and cultures
For centuries Native Americans intercropped corn, beans and squash because the plants thrived together. A new initiative is measuring health and social benefits from reuniting the "three sisters."
Nov. 20, 2020 • ~9 min
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Farmers are depleting the Ogallala Aquifer because the government pays them to do it
An invisible crisis is brewing in US farm country as the overpumped Ogallala-High Plains Aquifer drains. The key drivers are federal farm subsidies and the tax code.
Nov. 9, 2020 • ~10 min
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We found a way to turn urine into solid fertiliser – it could make farming more sustainable
If rolled out worldwide, our method could replace a quarter of all the synthetic nitrogen fertiliser used in agriculture.
Nov. 6, 2020 • ~7 min
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