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Artificial Turf in the Nordic Climate – A Question of Sustainability

Artificial turf football pitches are better than natural turf from a sustainability perspective – at least as long as the artificial turf material is recycled and the natural turf is cut using fossil fuel-powered lawn mowers. 

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Nearly 8,000 Animal Species at Risk as Extreme Heat and Land-Use Change Collide

Almost 8,000 animal species could be pushed closer to extinction by the end of this century as the interacting effects of climate change-driven extreme heat and human land-use change create increasingly unsuitable conditions across their habitats, according to new research from a international research team led by Dr Reut Vardi of the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford.

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New Ideas for Improving Photosynthesis in Agricultural Environments

Field trials show that applying T6P as a foliar spray can increase photosynthesis by adjusting the balance between supply (photosynthetic sugar production) and demand (growth processes requiring sugars).

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Rice Resists Change: Study Reveals Viral Tools Fall Short

A joint UK–Brazil study has found that two widely used virus-based tools for probing gene function fail in rice. 

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Farmers Unite to Track Pollution and Protect an Iconic Chalk Stream

Farmers across the Hampshire Avon catchment are expanding their ability to track water quality, supported by tools and expertise developed at Rothamsted Research. 

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Excessive Heat Harms Young Children’s Development, Study Suggests

Research on three- and four-year-olds in different countries examined the impact of temperature on childhood milestones.

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Greenhouse Gases to Intensify Extreme Flooding in the Central Himalayas

Rising greenhouse gas emissions could see the size of extreme floods in the Central Himalayas increase by between as much as 73% and 84% by the end of this century.

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Stanford Researchers Model Pathways to Net Zero for California

In 2018, the California state legislature set the goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2045 in the California Climate Crisis Act. 

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Study Reveals Opportunity to Improve Blue Carbon Measurements in Coastal Wetlands

Coastal wetlands, like salt marshes, keep pace with sea-level rise by accumulating sediment and burying organic carbon in their soils, an important natural process that also helps sequester carbon.

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Seagrass Study Points to Promising Pathway for Ocean Restoration

A new study led by UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies reveals the potential of a new hybrid seagrass to advance ocean restoration efforts in California and beyond.

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