A vertical farm fit for space exploration: UK Space Agency funds new project
UK-based vertical farming R&D company Vertical Future has announced their involvement in developing a Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) facility to be used in future...
Is it time to start engineering plants?
A special issue of the journal PLOS Biology explores synthetic biology and other approaches to improving the climate resilience and carbon capture potential of...
Biodiversity Net Gain is moving closer, says Defra, as observers praise “game changer” policy
The UK government said nature-positive developments were moving a step closer on 27 July as it announced additional government support to enable the rollout...
Plastic is changing the behaviour of the world’s river sediment
A University of Leicester academic has led a study which appears to find that plastic pollution is changing the way riverbeds behave.
Plastic particles in...
Technology monitors biodiversity remotely on farmland
A joint collaborative project funded through Innovate UK and Defra’s Farming Innovation Programme aims to test and demonstrate the effectiveness of digital technology as...
British Ecological Society offers permanent home for ecological grey literature
Ecological organisations across all sectors and specialisms are invited to upload their research, reports and grey literature* to the British Ecological Society’s new open...
Environmental charity calls on public to help in war on water pennywort
Invasive plant can grow 20cm a day and cause flooding
On 28 June, environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy was urging the public to report sightings...
Is it possible to grow offshore wind in a sustainable way for the sea...
The first tests forming part of research aiming to support offshore wind to expand in a sustainable way have been completed by Bangor University...
Podcast explores how responsible dredging might regreen deserts
A project to restore and ‘regreen’ Egypt’s Sinai desert provided the focus for a recent episode of the podcast series Rewilding the World, produced...
Gene silo: The DNA collection of air quality monitoring stations has been a useful...
Filters at thousands of ambient air quality monitoring stations around the world have been inadvertently collecting environmental DNA (eDNA) for decades, concealing an untapped...
European science advisory group urges moratorium on deep-sea mining
Explore recycling and terrestrial resources first, says the European Academies of Science Advisory Council (EASAC)
Rising global hunger for rare minerals is driving commercial interest...
A few thoughts on tackling microplastic pollution
What are microplastics, why are they such a problem and what can be done to reduce the pollution they cause? Dr Rosa Busquets explores...
Fossil fuel drilling scheme faces High Court challenge
A scheme to allow a drilling project on the edge of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in Surrey is being challenged in...
Farming conference set to debate “What is a farm for?”
The annual National Farm Management Conference run by The Institute of Agricultural Management (IAgrM) will return this year to the QEII Centre in London...
Farming projects to get share of £30 million fund
The UK government has awarded up to £30 million to “cutting-edge farming projects” that will boost food production, move towards net zero, and create...
River diversions may cause microplastics to remain longer on land and in streams before...
Diverting streams and rivers to irrigate crops or provide drinking water may significantly extend the time microplastics spend in river catchments before they flow...
Marine fish are responding to climate change by relocating towards the poles
The majority of fish populations in the sea are responding to global warming by relocating towards colder waters nearer the north and south poles,...
Official status of River Wye downgraded due to worsened condition
Conservation charity The Wildlife Trusts said it is deeply concerned that the River Wye’s official status has been downgraded to ‘unfavourable-declining’, by the Government’s...
£3.25 million available for the creation and restoration of woodlands along the HS2 Phase...
The HS2 Woodland Fund has re-opened for applications (on Tuesday 30 May), supporting projects that create and restore woodland along the High Speed Two...
Call to ramp up joint action to get London’s rivers ‘climate-ready’
Policymakers, water companies, businesses, industry and the public in London will all need to work together help to protect London’s rivers in order for...
