Unraveling a complex common bean disease in South East Africa
James R Steadman, Professor and Head of Plant Pathology Department and Carlos Urrea Florez, Associate Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln discuss root and crown rot, a disease of the...
Street light switch-off programme expanded in Lincolnshire
Five new areas in Lincolnshire are set to see their street lights turned off as part of a council programme to save £1.7m…
More street...
Is CCS an affordable route to carbon reduction targets?
Andrew Green, Programme Manager at the Energy Technologies Institute, outlines the possible role of carbon capture and storage in meeting the UK’s carbon reduction...
Worldwide glacier monitoring system
Professor Martin Hoelzle from the Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg sheds light in the importance of measuring the increased fever of world’s...
Look to the Arctic
Gunn Sissel Jaklin, Communications director at the Norwegian Polar Institute talks about the Arctic and global warming...
The Arctic is a hotspot – literally, as...
Councils in Wales hit 60 per cent recycling average
Figures published by the Welsh government have revealed the amount recycled by councils has hit the 60 per cent mark for the first time…
Recycling...
European Network for Redistributing Geospatial Information to user Communities
Dr. Stefano Nativi, Project Coordinator, National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research discusses geographic information and how technology can assist in this field...
In the...
Lincolnshire County Council urges people to take up fuel initiative
Lincolnshire County Council has reminded local residents to take advantage of a scheme to install free central heating systems…
People in Lincolnshire are being urged...
How will Brexit affect the UK’s shale gas industry?
Claire Brook, Partner at law firm Bond Dickinson, asks how the UK’s regulatory regime for unconventional hydrocarbon development might be impacted post-Brexit…
We are in...
Self-service: making it happen
Bob Theobald, Managing Director, Power On Connections talks about making self-service happen...
It has been just over a year since the new Electricity Market Competition in Connections...
The environmental aspect of agriculture
Czesław Siekierski, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development at the European Parliament, outlines how agriculture can benefit the environment…
The environmental aspect...
Commission pledges €3.6bn to help farmers innovate
The European Commission has committed €3.6bn to help farmers utilise research and innovation…
European Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan has pledged funding for research and...
Climate change and its impact on the ocean
Dr Michael A. Ellis, Science Director of Land, Soil, and Coast at the British Geological Survey outlines the impacts of global warming on the...
APhoRISM – Advanced Procedures for volcanic and Seismic Monitoring
The European project APhoRISM is helping to create innovative solutions to crisis management, particularly with volcanic eruptions…
The European project APhoRISM - Advanced PRocedures for...
Identifying climate change hotspots
Dr Daniela Jacob from the Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS) outlines how climate change hotspots can be located…
There is a rising awareness that apart...
Why monitor water quality?
Donna N. Myers, Chief of the Office of Water Quality at the U.S. Geological Survey highlights the importance of monitoring water quality to better...
Post-Brexit revolution needed for farming subsidies
The way in which farming subsidies are granted in England needs to be reformed, according to the CPRE…
The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE)...
The future of agriculture and sustainable development
Phil Hogan, EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development looks at how the Commission is supporting Europe’s farmers to succeed and be resilient…
The Common...
Cumbria Council opens grants for community waste prevention
Cumbria County Council has launched a waste prevention fund to help reduce the amount of household waste in Eden…
A new grant aimed at reducing...
Open source towards safe flood defences
Efficient, open minded and international collaboration of research and engineering is vital to safeguard the densely populated and growing urban areas across the world...