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Five years beavering bears water for ecologists

April 1, 2024
An East Anglian project to reintroduce beavers to the region claims the animals have contributed towards successfully reducing the impact of flooding and drought by storing millions of litres of...

‘Potash price rise undermines global food security’ warning

February 25, 2024
Rising prices for potash across the globe are creating a threat to the level of global food security warns a new joint study by UCL, the University of Edinburgh and...

Satellite offers a flood warning breakthrough

January 14, 2024
Satellite video offers an enhanced means to monitor river flow and provide earlier and more comprehensive flood warnings, claims a new study.

Plants and particles win Turlings and Shchutska top Swiss science awards

September 16, 2023
Biologist Ted Turlings and physicist Lesya Shchutska are this year’s winners of the the two highest awards in Swiss Science, the Marcel Benoist and Latsis prizes.

UEA coastal erosion project will test new tech’s predictive powers

August 13, 2023
One of the counties most at risk from coastal erosion will provide the location for a technologically advanced pilot study to better understand and predict the risks involved.

Call for targeted approach to boost bird-friendly farming

January 8, 2023
Threatened farmland bird species would benefit from a more strategic investment of resources rather than an applying a uniform approach to UK agriculture, suggests a new study.

Tech challenges hinder mountain water data gathering

November 7, 2022
Global failure to make better use of the latest monitoring technologies for high altitude water data is limiting scientists’ ability to understand better the effects of climate change upon supply...

Technological research and development in agritech

March 4, 2022
It is increasingly important for agricultural research to raise awareness of conditions leading to low productivity and problems like excessive loss of water during irrigation, damage to land and crops,...

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