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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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
