As cocoa production plunges, scientists have turned to a climate-resilient plant to save the chocolate industry. Chocolate is facing a “climate barometer” as extreme weather conditions threaten the future of global cocoa crops. The majority of cocoa (around 60 per cent) comes from West Africa, produced in humid countries such as Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, where […]
New research has identified a straightforward and environmentally friendly way to decompose Teflon, one of the most resilient plastics in use today, and convert it into valuable chemical ingredients. Scientists at Newcastle University and the University of Birmingham have created a clean, energy-saving process for recycling Teflon (PTFE), which is widely recognized for its role […]
The UAE on Monday set out ambitious plans to use artificial intelligence to deliver a critical lifeline to millions of farmers bearing the brunt of the growing threat posed by climate change. Abu Dhabi’s AI Ecosystem for Global Agriculture Development will seek to use advanced technology to help farmers adapt quickly to extreme weather and give them […]
When the project begins commercial operations next year, it is expected to become the European Union’s first fully-operational offshore CO2 storage site. Appearing first as a dot on the horizon, the remote Nini oil field on Europe’s rugged North Sea slowly comes into view from a helicopter. Used to extract fossil fuels, the field is […]
A UAE initiative that gives advance warning of bad weather, pest outbreaks and other risks aims to reach 100 million farmers by 2030, it was announced at the Cop30 climate summit. The Agricultural Innovation Mechanism for Scale (Aim for Scale) project could improve yields and help farmers, especially those in poorer regions, to cope with the […]
he cultivation of rice — the staple grain for more than 3.5 billion people around the world — comes with extremely high environmental, climate and economic costs. But this may be about to change, thanks to new research led by scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and China’s Jiangnan University. They have shown that […]
Scientists transform plastic waste into efficient CO2 capture materials From waste to valuable resource: Chemists at the University of Copenhagen have developed a method to convert plastic waste into a climate solution for efficient and sustainable CO2 capture. This is killing two birds with one stone as they address two of the world’s biggest challenges: plastic pollution […]
In dry, degraded soil, it’s easy to assume life has gone quiet. But underground, a different story unfolds—one of continuous exchange between plant roots and microbial communities that shape each other in subtle but powerful ways. A new paper, co-authored by researchers from American University of Sharjah (AUS) and published in Science, one of the […]
In Japan, Shinrin Yoku or forest bathing has already been used for therapeutic applications, for instance, to lower blood pressure and stress levels. For their study, the researchers wanted to find out whether forest bathing – consciously immersing oneself in nature – can also be effective when done virtually, and focused on whether the positive effect is […]
ADQ, Abu Dhabi’s wealth fund, plans to acquire a 35 per cent stake in France’s Limagrain Vegetable Seeds as the UAE enters a research-intensive phase to transform farming and reduce reliance on food imports. As part of the deal, ADQ’s agritech company Silal and Limagrain Vegetable Seeds plan to establish a research and development partnership […]
