Seagrasses are flowering plants that form large meadows in shallow vegetative habitats. These meadows have been impacted by climate change, by warming and heatwaves, more varied storm patterns and rising sea levels. Seagrasses have generally responded to long-term...
Part 1: Local vs global stressors on coral reefs and kelp forests. Marine ecosystems are vital, providing habitats for diverse wildlife and numerous benefits to human societies, including food, raw materials, climate regulation, and nutrient cycling. The ability...
It’s time for arable farming to join the Green Revolution. Annual cropping systems make up a large part of the farming industry, so the chance to use them to improve carbon sequestration should be taken to help reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Among the...
Can This Alga Finally Deliver on Biofuel’s Promise? The goal of becoming independent of fossil fuel raw materials – defossilisation – is one of the biggest challenges scientists face today. We currently rely on fossil fuel feedstock to provide the raw...
Is this the new waste race to the bottom? We normally think of anything ‘fast’ connoting ‘good’. Efficient, clean, the best in industry. But when attributed to the shelf life of items containing raw materials and precious metals, ‘fast’ is leading us down an...
Lawns feel unnatural and provide little feeling of being in nature – could urban meadows be the answer? Urban areas have been noted as a contributing factor to both the climate and biodiversity crises. Wildflower meadows can be grown to mitigate both of these...
