News tagged with agricultural fertilizers
NASA showcases method to grow algae-based biofuels
NASA recently showcased the latest research and technology development a method to grow algae, clean wastewater, capture carbon dioxide and ultimately produce feedstock for refining biofuels without competing ...
Apr 18, 2012 |
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Drastic changes needed to curb N2O, most potent greenhouse gas: study
Meat consumption in the developed world needs to be cut by 50 per cent per person by 2050 if we are to meet the most aggressive strategy, set out by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), to reduce one of the ...
Apr 12, 2012 |
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Fertilizer use responsible for increase in nitrous oxide in atmosphere
University of California, Berkeley, chemists have found a smoking gun proving that increased fertilizer use over the past 50 years is responsible for a dramatic rise in atmospheric nitrous oxide, which is a major greenhouse ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 02, 2012 |
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Researcher sees marine nutraceuticals as growth industry
The marine nutraceutical industry is booming in Europe and Asia, and it has taken off in recent years in Canada as well. While the industry is still in its infancy in the United States, University of Rhode Island researcher ...
Mar 13, 2012 |
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Biodiversity enhances ecosystems global drylands: researchers
An international team of researchers including Dr. Bertrand Boeken of the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev suggest in a new study that plant biodiversity preservation is ...
Jan 30, 2012 |
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New research on newly formed plants could lead to improved crop fertility
A new University of Florida study shows genomes of a recently formed plant species to be highly unstable, a phenomenon that may have far-reaching evolutionary consequences.
Jan 06, 2012 |
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Nitrogen from humans pollutes remote lakes for more than a century
Nitrogen derived from human activities has polluted lakes throughout the Northern Hemisphere for more than a century and the fingerprint of these changes is evident even in remote lakes located thousands of ...
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Switchgrass as bioenergy feedstock
Scientists examined current knowledge about the potential contributions of bioenergy production from switchgrass to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Their findings, published in GCB Bioenergy, conclude that the use of swi ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 09, 2011 |
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Researchers moving closer to a soluble solution to Haber-Bocsh process
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Haber-Bosch process, known throughout the world as the means by which ammonia is made for use in fertilizer, has been under study for at least as long as the agricultural revolution has ...
Nov 11, 2011 |
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Crop performance matters when evaluating greenhouse gas emissions: study
Measuring the emission of greenhouse gases from croplands should take into account the crops themselves.
Sep 06, 2011 |
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Fertilizer wastage costs China 52 million tons of grain
If China could divide its available fertilizers better among its provinces, it could produce 52 million tons more grain. This would enable China to tackle its growing demand for food and animal feed within its own borders.
May 27, 2011 |
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Fungi reduce need for fertilizer in agriculture
The next agricultural revolution may be sparked by fungi, helping to greatly increase food-production for the growing needs of the planet without the need for massive amounts of fertilizers according to research presented ...
May 23, 2011 |
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Sewage-derived nitrogen increasingly polluting Caribbean ecosystems
Nitrogen pollution in our coastal ecosystems, the result of widespread use of synthetic agricultural fertilizers and of human sewage, leads to decreased water transparency, the loss of desirable fish species, and the emergence ...
May 17, 2011 |
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Unsung bedrock of prosperity
Modern agriculture would be inconceivable without phosphate fertilizers - and it needs more and more of them. Experts warn of an imminent phosphorus shortage. But not Roland Scholz from the Institute of Environmental ...
Apr 18, 2011 |
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Ag firms outperform S&P 500
While the general economy has underperformed in the past several years, the crop farming sector has been not just stable, but profitable. A recent University of Illinois report comparing the returns from publicly traded ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Apr 15, 2011 |
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