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Automated seagrass planter promises to revolutionise restoration

Envirotec Magazine

Seagrass meadows play a crucial role in maintaining healthy marine environments, fostering biodiversity, and mitigating climate change by capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. of the seafloor [source: Duarte et al., 2005b; Kennedy et al.,

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Unlocking the soil microbiome

Envirotec Magazine

Over-reliance on nitrogen fertilizers is leading to the collapse of soil biodiversity. The collapse of soil biodiversity is happening at microscopic scale. Practical alternatives to non-biodegradable plastics that are the scourge of the oceans are under development. Soil plays a major part in the carbon capture cycle.

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'Farming is going to have to change': NFU President Minette Batters on net zero, changing diets, and Brexit

Business Green

While she believes delivering net zero farming by 2040 would be a "phenomenal achievement", she also sees it as a feasible goal that would hugely benefit the industry, as well as the UK as a whole, due in part to farming's potential to provide climate resilience and carbon capture services. So I think it's about a balanced approach.".

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Online Event - VERGE Energy Conference

Green Market Oracle

Momentum is building as businesses and governments transform their organizations to be more efficient and resilient. Introducing the Food Microgrid: A Decentralized and Resilient New Food System (Panel Discussion): The coronavirus pandemic disrupted food supplies and reminded us again that our food systems are ever more centralized.

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The Sierra Club's Top 20 Cool Schools

Green Market Oracle

University of California, Berkeley Score 81.47 | Berkeley, California After the coronavirus radically shifted students’ second semesters, UC Berkeley put together more than 40 virtual Earth Month events and unveiled a Resilient Sustainability Community Fellowship. The project is pursuing SITES Silver and LEED Gold certification.

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