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Olives are an essential crop in Andalusia, Spain, serving as the backbone of the social and economic fabric of rural areas. More than 50% of the irrigated agricultural land in Andalusia is dedicated...

The European Commission launched today an open public consultation on the evaluation of the Nitrates Directive. Interested parties such as farmers, industries, NGOs, citizens, public administrations, water...

Researchers at Chalmers have developed a new biobased material, a form of powder based on cellulose nanocrystals to purify water from pollutants, including textile dyes. When the polluted...

A research team at the University of Leeds combined satellite data of deforestation and rainfall to show that the loss of tree cover in the tropics over the last 14 years was associated...

New research project tests cultivation of algae on foundations of wind power plants. Algae can help improve water quality in the over-fertilised Baltic Sea.

The Hair Recycle Project is led by Belgian non-profit Dung Dung, which develops waste recovery schemes that support a circular economy.

Grow vegetables at home thanks to a new simple, sustainable, low-cost and pesticide-free system involving precision lighting, targeted ventilation and minimal use of water. All this is being...

This study considers the potential for recovery of invertebrate communities in urban streams based on 12 years of data from a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. The researchers report that streams with natural...

Use treated wastewater to irrigate and fertilise fields, meeting up to 70% of the Emilia-Romagna region's irrigation water needs, also reducing fertiliser costs by around 30%. This is the result...