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IoT project will assess impact of climate change on forests, and inform UK policymaking

Envirotec Magazine

A trial is underway in forests in Surrey and Northumberland to assess the potential for Internet of Things (IoT) technology to monitor tree growth and the impacts of environmental change on the UK’s forests. Specialist sensors have been attached to trees in two forests and are connected via Vodafone’s Narrowband-IoT (NB-IoT) network.

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Vodafone teams up with Defra for digital tree monitoring trial

Business Green

The project will see Internet of Things (IoT) sensors provided by Vodafone attached to trees in forests in Sussex and Northumbria, with the aim of collecting "vast amounts of data" to gauge how temperature, humidity and soil moisture impacts tree growth, according to Anne Sheehan, director of Vodafone Business UK.

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Biomass Energy: Pros and Cons Explained

Hydrogen Fuel News

For instance, ash resulting from combustion necessitates careful handling to prevent soil and water contamination. Meanwhile, the production of biochar —a byproduct of pyrolysis—presents a beneficial opportunity to sequester carbon and enhance soil fertility, provided its application is executed judiciously.

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We need fresh thinking about the role of digital technologies in our food system

Business Green

It has also led to significant declines in biodiversity and soil health. Digital technologies, and a greater reliance on data analytics and the 'internet of things' (IoT), claim to advance conventional farming, facilitating highly optimised, data-driven land management. Imogen Cripps is a policy assistant at Green Alliance.

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How two companies are building systems to scale reuse, which is vital for a circular economy

GreenBiz

In 2017, when LimeLoop, an IoT solution for sustainable e-commerce shipping logistics, started, it was in response to the amount of waste caused by e-commerce. And not into the ocean, the soil and bits of them go into our bodies. It's easy to use and easy to sanitize. On the B2B side of commerce, there’s another opportunity for reuse.

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How two companies are building systems to scale reuse, which is vital for a circular economy

AGreenLiving

In 2017, when LimeLoop, an IoT solution for sustainable e-commerce shipping logistics, started, it was in response to the amount of waste caused by e-commerce. And not into the ocean, the soil and bits of them go into our bodies. It’s easy to use and easy to sanitize. Everything goes somewhere.

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Online Event - VERGE Energy Conference

Green Market Oracle

The State of the Carbon Economy in 2020 (Panel Discussion): To avoid the worst impacts of climate change, we must build a new carbon economy: an ecosystem of companies, capital and policies that work together to remove billions of tons of carbon from the atmosphere every year. That economy is now taking shape.