Phosphorus is a crucial nutrient regularly applied to crops such as corn and soybeans to help them grow efficiently. However, excess phosphorus can be carried by rainwater runoff into lakes and streams, creating potential problems for aquatic environments and the ecosystem services they provide to humans.
Europe floods: Seine could peak at six metres as Louvre closes doors
Bodies found in France and Germany, villages flooded and roads wrecked amid forecasts of more deluges and rising watersEurope flooding: have you been affected?
Coral bleaching solution could be just beneath the surface
A ‘lifeboat’ for coral reefs could lie in deeper mesophotic coral ecosystems.
What's happening to global crop yield?
Some areas saw decreased yield variability over past 30 years of changing climate while others saw greater variability
New method for bio-designing yeast could improve biofuel production
A new strain of yeast that could improve the efficiency of making fuel from cellulosic biomass such as switchgrass has been discovered by researchers. Both the yeast strain and the method of its design could help overcome a significant bottleneck in the biofuels pipeline — namely, that the powerful solvents so good at breaking down biomass also sometimes hinder the … Read More
New rainforests boost carbon capture
Secondary rainforests – if allowed to flourish in the right conditions – can absorb 11 times as much carbon as old-growth rainforests, a study shows.
Protecting lakes, streams by removing phosphates as well as nitrates
A low-cost method of removing phosphates from tile drainage water has been developed, and may help protect lakes and streams. Using steel byproducts to trap phosphates in simulated tile drainage water, the researchers envision installing a steel-containing cartridge as an add-on to nitrate-capturing bioreactors.
Saving coffee from extinction
Two billion cups of coffee are drunk around the world every day and 25 million families rely on growing coffee for a living. Over the past 15 years, consumption of the drink has risen by 43% – but researchers are warning that the world’s most popular coffee, Arabica, is under threat.
Study uses farm data to aid in slowing evolution of herbicide-resistant weeds
Although researchers and industry personnel have made recommendations to slow the evolution of herbicide-resistant weeds, an understanding of the patterns and causes of the resistance has been limited. A recently published study looking at glyphosate-resistant waterhemp is providing valuable evidence that points to management practices as the driving force behind herbicide resistance, and that herbicide mixing, as opposed to herbicide rotation, is the most effective tool in managing resistance.
Seaweed Farms in South Korea
Along the southern coast of the Korean peninsula farming doesn’t always happen on land.