“I want this to be the greenest government ever”

This Earth Day, Worldwatch's Nourishing the Planet project highlights 15 sustainable agricultural practices that are protecting the environment while also improving people's livelihoods.

More UK national temperature records were broken than in any previous decade since measurements began in 1850.

Around 963 million people worldwide are now undernourished, according to the most recent survey of the crisis by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)

Episodic acidification is the process by which surface waters experience a short term decrease of acid neutralizing capacity. This review is based largely on measurements of short-term pH decreases, although other data are considered where available. Most studies reported were conducted in Norway,...

This paper investigates limestone and iron slag filters as an upgrade option for phosphorus removal from wastewater treatment ponds. A review of 'active' filter technology and the results from laboratory and field research using packed columns of the different media is presented. It is shown that...

'Aerofolines' are the volatile substances released into the atmosphere by plants. A study was made of the production of terpenes, formaldehyde, aldehydes and coumarins by five different forest types in the Urals, viz. Pinetum mixtoherbosum; Pinetum caricoso-sphagnosum; a berry type Pinetum; ...

Soil contamination with antibiotics and antibiotic resistant bacteria/genes (ARB/ARGs) has becoming an emerging environmental problem. Moreover, the mixed pollutants' transfer and accumulation from soil to tuberous vegetables has posed a great threat against food security and human health. In this...

Water is not only a means of survival for us humans, but also plays a central role in the extraction and production of food, luxury food and animal feed. In order to achieve the required quality, which not least distinguishes water as drinking water, many steps are required. This also includes...