The University of Huddersfield is helping rural communities make a sustainable living while preserving the source of the something that keeps the world going on a daily basis—coffee.
Plants & Animals
Jul 28, 2020
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How can some of world's biggest problems—climate change, food security and land degradation—be tackled simultaneously?
Environment
Jul 7, 2020
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Land degradation—the reduction in the capacity of the land to support human and other life on Earth—is one of the humanity's biggest challenges. Yet, little is being done to slow down or stop the degradation process. ...
Environment
Feb 11, 2020
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A new study using innovative technology to measure carbon emissions caused by forest degradation and disturbance—rather than deforestation alone—suggests that Indigenous territories (ITs) and protected natural areas (PNAs) ...
Environment
Jan 27, 2020
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In the Sahel of West Africa—which covers Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad—land degradation has led to migration towards less densely populated and more fertile areas. The land has been made less ...
Environment
Jan 22, 2020
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Sediment flux (SF) in the Tuotuo River on the central Tibetan Plateau (TP), considered the main headwater of the Yangtze River, has significantly increased over the past three decades, according to new research by scientists ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 20, 2019
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It's well established that unsustainable human activity is damaging the health of the planet. The way we use Earth threatens our future and that of many animals and plants. Species extinction is an inevitable end point.
Ecology
Dec 2, 2019
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Climate change could directly cost the world economy $7.9 trillion by mid-century as increased drought, flooding and crop failures hamper growth and threaten infrastructure, new analysis showed Wednesday.
Environment
Nov 20, 2019
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Feeding the world's growing population is one of the great challenges of the 21st century. This challenge is particularly pressing in China, which has 22% of the world's population but only 7% of the global cropland. Synthetic ...
Environment
Sep 5, 2019
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It's time to take soil seriously. As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change states with very high confidence in its latest report, land degradation represents "one of the biggest and most urgent challenges" that humanity ...
Environment
Aug 13, 2019
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