Making carbon dioxide into protein for innovative animal feed
It’s common knowledge that proteins, a key component of human nutrition, are also essential for making animal feeds. Less well known is the uncomfortable fact…
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6 Ways To Create Jobs and Solve Climate Change Through Nature-Based Infrastructure
President Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan outlines a strategy for economic recovery that pairs good jobs with a commitment to bold climate action. The proposal ensures that every…
New research: nitrous oxide emissions 300 times more powerful than CO₂ are jeopardising Earth’s future
Nitrous oxide from agriculture and other sources is accumulating in the atmosphere so quickly it puts Earth on track for a dangerous 3℃ warming this…
A middle path to sustainable farming
Agricultural economists are homing in on hybrid, low-input methods that will both safeguard the environment and feed the future billions Alfalfa, oats and red clover…
El Niño linked to widespread crop failures
The El Niño climate cycle has been responsible for widespread simultaneous crop failure in different regions of the world, a study has found, putting pressure…
Climate change will reshape the world’s agricultural trade
Luciana Porfirio, CSIRO; David Newth, CSIRO, and John Finnigan, CSIRO Ending world hunger is a central aspiration of modern society. To address this challenge –…
Displaced Coal Miners Turn to Beekeeping
Appalachians reconnect with nature to support their families. Mark Lilly, 59, grew up and still lives in West Virginia. He spent three decades as an…
What’s the best way to improve bee habitat?
There’s more to making pollinators happy than planting lots of flowers. November 15, 2016 — Each morning last summer, Michael Roswell walked through restored meadows…