Thirsty crops, tired soil: Vicious loop threatens India’s food and water security
Banerjee added that cultivating water-intensive crops degrades the soil because so much water is added, the air is reduced.
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Unlocking the potential of crop residues: Profitable and eco-friendly solutions
India generates approximately 500 million tons (MT) of crop residues annually, with around 141 MT categorised as surplus, and 92 MT being burned. The improper m ...
Q&A: Researcher discusses exploring the limits of carbon sequestration
As part of a multi-pronged approach toward curbing the effects of greenhouse gas emissions, scientists seek to better ...
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Common Rocks And A Cement-Making Technique Could Transform How We Capture Carbon Dioxide
The technique is pretty straightforward and potentially very cheap, but will need to be scaled up significantly to make a difference.
Desert plants' clever survival trick: Two dormancy cycles a year ensure survival in harsh conditions
A research team led by Prof. Huang Zhenying from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has discovered a remarkable survival strategy—a unique seed dormancy cycling mechanism ...
We are what we eat – and what we grow
Diesel exhaust is usually treated as toxic. According to Gary Lewis, an entrepreneurial farmer and inventor from Pincher ...
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Diversified cropping systems boost nitrogen supply but not soil carbon, study finds
Longer, more diverse rotations of crops fertilized with livestock manure have many environmental benefits, but carbon ...
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Plants may stop absorbing carbon if temperatures continue to rise
Rising temperatures make plants lose more water, weakening their ability to absorb carbon dioxide and survive heat stress.
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Scientists on why the SBTi should not allow more carbon offsetting to address Scope 3 emissions
More than two-dozen scientists are urging the Science Based Targets Initiative not to permit companies to use offsetting to a ...
Opinion: The reported costs of the Los Angeles fires are staggering. The hidden costs are worse
California's wildfires are causing long-term environmental and economic damage that we have yet to grapple with. They should ...
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New England's salt marshes store 10 million cars' worth of carbon -- and add another 15,000-worth every year
In the race to combat global climate change, much attention has been given to natural 'carbon sinks:' those primarily terrestrial areas of the globe that absorb and sequester more carbon than they ...
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Research team identifies carbonate-dissolving microorganisms
A research team has shown that methanogens, micro-organisms ubiquitous in low-oxygen environments like aquifers, soil and even permafrost, can propel their growth by dissolving calcium carbonate, one ...