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Unlocking the soil microbiome

Envirotec Magazine

How are data science techniques helping us better understand the microbial universe of the soil? Over-reliance on nitrogen fertilizers is leading to the collapse of soil biodiversity. Yet, some predictions warn that there are only 60 harvests left in the world’s soil because it is so depleted by nitrogen fertilizers.

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Measuring oil contamination in soil

Envirotec Magazine

Petroleum hydrocarbons in soil continues to be an area of interest for scientists as they are the most common contaminants that are toxic to human and environmental receptors. For the experiments covered in Concawe’s report, scientists used a hexane extraction method, adding 1% v/w to soil samples and shaking them for two minutes.

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Prototype system sniffs out soil health with results in five minutes

Envirotec Magazine

Jim Bailey of PES Technology at the Agri-TechE REAP Conference 2023. An electronic nose to sniff out soil health that will deliver results to a farmer’s phone in five minutes is being developed by PES Technologies. The company says it is able to create an aroma fingerprint from gas released by microbes in the soil.

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Soil Mapping Technologies: Regenerative Agriculture, Soil Carbon Sequestration and Ecosystem Service Payments

CleanTech Group

A key takeaway from our work on Soil Carbon, a part of the Cleantech for Europe project we are developing alongside Breakthrough Energy,

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Agreena nabs €46 million to scale technology for creating and measuring soil carbon credits

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, March 30 – Regenerative agriculture can lock away carbon in soil and help build more resilient food systems. The post Agreena nabs €46 million to scale technology for creating and measuring soil carbon credits appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Yet the cost of.

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Anaerobic digestion: Turning America’s food waste into RNG

GreenBiz

Sponsored: Anaerobic digestion is an eco-friendly waste management solution, producing renewable energy and healthy soils. How can this technology grow in the United States?

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Technology will boost real-time monitoring of remote peatlands

Envirotec Magazine

Peatlands store around one-third of the world’s soil carbon, playing a vital role in reducing carbon emissions and combatting climate change. The study – known as GEMINI – is one of 13 to have received a share of £12 million funding to harness the potential of new sensing and monitoring technologies.