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Drying Up in a Flash: What Satellite Data Can Tell Us about Flash Drought Risks and the Regions We Should Be Watching

Planet Pulse

Imagine an insatiably thirsty atmosphere that gets so hot and dry that it literally sucks the water right out of crops and the soil. But for now, let’s look at the way we can harness Soil Water Content data to analyze rapid changes in global soil moisture.

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'Peak poultry': UK's appetite for industrial chicken threatens its climate and nature goals, campaigners warn

Business Green

The government has been urged to introduce an immediate ban on new intensive poultry sheds in a bid to curb deforestation and habitat loss in South America caused by soya production for UK livestock feed. million hectares, with much of this land in ecologically vulnerable areas of the Americas, according to the Soil Association.

Soil 101
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Lignium Energy Transforms Problematic Manure into Climate-friendly Fuel

Greentown Labs

Piles of decomposing cow manure emit methane and nitrous oxide, in addition to polluting water and contaminating soil. While the demand is primarily in Europe and Asia currently, Lignium Energy’s team says that the United States is expected to meaningfully shift from relying on coal to utilizing biomass. “We

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'Miracle crop': Tesco works with suppliers to increase fava bean production

Business Green

Supermarket claims fava beans could help promote healthy soils and cut emissions by locking in soil carbon and replacing some of the soy used in animal feed. Separately, the supermarket also this week announced that it intends to make all its tea bags compostable via food caddies by this summer.

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Is A Lithium Cartel Inevitable?

R-Squared Energy

The first is that the vast majority of the world’s lithium resource is in South America — primarily in Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia. But most of the lithium reserves are in South America; some in countries that have historically had a spotty relationship with the U.S. As the U.S. Thus, the U.S. Stimulate the U.S.

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Poll: British public 'overwhelmingly' backs robust supply chain deforestation laws

Business Green

The results of the poll also reveal significant demand for businesses to do more to tackle the problem, with 35 per cent of respondents believing companies are primarily responsible for ensuring goods sold in the UK do not support the destruction of nature overseas, according to WWF.

Law 101
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How to stop runaway deforestation? Look at Indonesia.

Grist

Thousands of acres of forest, and the carbon-dense peat soils beneath, have gone up in flames, clearing the way for rows of oil palm trees. If there’s less demand for beef, for instance, prices for cattle will fall, and ranchers won’t reap rewards for carving new pastures out of the wilderness.