In a new paper published on 3 June in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Patterson and colleagues propose a novel way of potentially recycling atmospheric carbon dioxide
Archive for 2019
In The Wizard and the Prophet[1], Charles C. Mann outlines the implicit controversy between two visionaries who founded two diametrically opposed schools of thought: William Vogt and Norman Borlaug[2]. They
Climate change may already be reducing crop yields of some of the world’s most important crops and food-insecure countries are being affected the most, according to a new study published
Carbon dioxide (CO2) could be a better hydraulic fracturing fluid than water, according to a new paper published on 30 May in the peer-reviewed journal Joule (1). And could pave
A team of researchers from the University of Tokyo and Rikin Institute in Japan and Stanford University in the US have seemingly uncovered a cheap and effective way to grow
High-profile changes in the political environment seem to be reducing the overall number of illegally killed elephants in Africa seems to be falling, according to the authors of a new
In a new paper published on 28 May in Advanced Materials, the authors report a novel water purification device inspired by a rose (1). The solar-steaming system is made from
A new paper published earlier this month on 15 May in Science Advances demonstrates the potential cascade of co-extinction in networks of plant species and pollinators in Europe (1). The
According to the recent report by experts from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), one million species are (could be) threatened! We are moving inevitably towards a 6th mass
In this week of European elections, it is more topical than ever to look at the resources allocated by the European Union to major projects and to compare them with