John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture US, Forestry, Agriculture Global, Ethanol/Biofuel, Economics, Sustainability, Regenerative Agriculture, Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind),
A simplified new process transforms wood waste from agriculture and forest management into ethanol
Reliance on petroleum fuels and raging wildfires: Two separate, large-scale challenges that could be addressed by one scientific breakthrough.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Aquaculture/Fish Farming, Fishing (Commercial), World Population, Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind),
Making cleaner, greener plastics from waste fish parts
Polyurethanes, a type of plastic, are nearly everywhere—in shoes, clothes, refrigerators and construction materials. But these highly versatile materials can have a major downside. Derived from crude ...
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Sustainability, Research, Ag Europe, World Population, Ag Australia/NZ, Education,
'Animal-stress' signal improves plant drought resilience
A team of Australian and German researchers has discovered a novel pathway that plants can use to save water and improve their drought tolerance.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Soil Health, Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Research, Climate Change, World Population, Regenerative Agriculture, Weather,
Scientists zero in on the role of volcanoes in the demise of dinosaurs
Earth has experienced five major mass extinction events over the past 500 million years. Massive volcanic eruptions have been identified as the major driver of the environmental changes that precipitated ...
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Soil Health, Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Research, Fertilizer,
Microbial consumption of mineral nitrogen promotes HONO emissions in agricultural soils
A new study indicates that microbial nitrate reduction is an important nitrous acid (HONO) production pathway in aerobic soils. This suggests that the terrestrial ecosystems favoring it could be hotspots ...
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Pesticides, Economics, Pest Control, Research, Ag Europe, Government / Policies,
From locusts to fires, agriculture faces growing threats: UN
The increasing frequency and severity of natural disasters ranging from massive fires to locust invasions is putting food production systems at risk, the UN warned Thursday.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Soil Health, Forestry, Research, Genes /Genetics, World Hunger, World Population, Regenerative Agriculture,
Could lab-grown plant tissue ease the environmental toll of logging and agriculture?
It takes a lot to make a wooden table. Grow a tree, cut it down, transport it, mill it … you get the point. It's a decades-long process. Luis Fernando Velásquez-García suggests a simpler solution: ...
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Soil Health, Agriculture Global, Lamb/Sheep, Economics, Research,
Sheep show the contamination by microplastics in the agricultural soils of Murcia
In recent times, the increase in plastic residues has been reasserted as being a major environmental problem. This material, which is present in packaging and day-to-day objects, plays a decisive role ...
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Kim Bremmer
Topics: Sustainability, Plant Breeding,
Innovative plant breeding has benefits beyond increasing yields and improving plant health. "The same techniques that we use to help improve the yields of agriculture or biofuel crops can also be applied to developing sustainable production methods for plant-based medicines," Rhee concluded.
Can we harness a plant's ability to synthesize medicinal compounds?
Anthraquinones are a class of naturally occurring compounds prized for their medicinal properties, as well as for other applications, including ecologically friendly dyes. Despite wide interest, the mechanism ...
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Nancy Kavazanjian
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