Envirotec Magazine

MAY 16, 2023

The initiative will work with farmers to create stores of water – both in soil “sponges” as well as lakes and ponds – that can be “re-charged” through wet weather, then drawn on through ever-more common dry seasons, to the benefit of either the farmers themselves, or local communities.

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Grist

MARCH 3, 2025

For all its plant and animal life aboveground, the Amazon rainforests soils are surprisingly poor in nutrients necessary for growing food. Thousands of years ago, the regions Indigenous peoples solved this problem by creating terra preta from table scraps and charcoal and tucking it away in the hostile soil.

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Planet Pulse

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Learn how satellite data and analytics help farmers and agricultural agencies monitor regenerative agriculture practices that reduce carbon emissions. Agriculture, forestry, and land use emissions have a notable influence on global climate change, contributing 26% of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Over the past few years, as companies have come under steadily increasing pressure to tackle climate change, nature-based solutions have emerged as a particularly exciting method for shrinking corporate carbon footprints. And a newer option, soil carbon, also is generating investment from multiple corporate sectors. Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Over the past few years, as companies have come under steadily increasing pressure to tackle climate change, nature-based solutions have emerged as a particularly exciting method for shrinking corporate carbon footprints. And a newer option, soil carbon, also is generating investment from multiple corporate sectors. Pull Quote.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

2020 was an unusual year in many respects, but for OTT Hydromet, one of the more remarkable features of the year was an unprecedented level of orders for water level and flow monitoring equipment. This article contains paid-for content created in collaboration with OTT Hydrometry Ltd. Looking back. Looking forward. Tomorrow’s technology.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 15, 2023

The creators of the new Plant Atlas say it is “the most powerful statement ever produced on the state of our wild and naturalised plants“ Thousands of botanists from the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) 1 have spent the last twenty years collecting data on changes in the British and Irish flora.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Intended to fill the policy vacuum emerging from the UK’s departure from the EU on 31 January, the Environment Bill has been eagerly anticipated, and seemingly gives government the power to set legally binding targets on all aspects of the environment in future. Soil and biodiversity.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Among other areas, biochars may have an important role to play in clean-up operations at sites where hazardous chemicals have been spilled in soil and water. However, in our study, the process is monitored every step of the way and what we are interested in, is the porosity that is being created.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. Elsa Wenzel. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:15. and globally by 2040. LinkedIn | Personal website.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

New research will monitor the contribution of new native woodland in England towards mitigating the worst effects of climate change, such as flooding. They will measure rainfall, soil properties and streamflow and track changes over time. Image credit: Mark Bickerdike. Less is known about new woodlands.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

It had been about a year and a half since he left his job at an aerospace company to found a clean energy startup in San Francisco with three of his friends, but the path to success he’d once envisioned had crumbled. Charm would use the same technology, but instead of turning plants into a useful energy product, it would offer a service.

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Planet Pulse

APRIL 3, 2024

Learn how Earth observation data can help governments scale monitoring efforts and accelerate decision-making to minimize wildfire risk. Wildland fires threaten communities and landscapes as climate change continues to drive increased heat and drought intensity.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 5, 2023

According to the World Bank, agricultural development is one of the most powerful tools to end extreme poverty, boost shared prosperity, and feed a projected 9.7 These challenges are of course exacerbated by climate change. The food and beverage sector is therefore seeking to lower climate risk in its supply chains.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 13, 2024

Data collection and transparency are crucial to map the true state of renewable generating capacity across power grids that is needed for international electricity markets, writes Amir Cohen of Electrical Grid Monitoring.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 27, 2022

An international research collaboration is setting out to find new ways of monitoring crop growth with biodegradable sensors which can be composted at the end of their lifespan. The team aim to make the patch completely biodegradable, and capable of nourishing the soil once it reaches the end of its period of usefulness.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

These cross-sections of tree trunks, known as stem disks — or more informally as cookies — are telling a potentially worrisome tale about the ability of forests to be critical hedges against accelerating climate change. Forest Service. The most recent Forest Service figures show that U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

It is also a strong example to bring to the COP26 summit of how to follow climate change targets with action. That’s the apparent conclusion of a new independent assessment of the Net Zero Strategy published on 26 October by the Climate Change Committee (CCC). This is the UK’s climate governance working as it should.”.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 19, 2021

Greenhouse gardening is an efficient way to grow food on a relatively small piece of property without compromising soil quality. But if designed without sustainability in mind, greenhouses can be quite energy and water intensive. Optimizing energy usage. A compacted soil foundation is cheap, natural and easy to “install”.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The EPA said it had inspected three ADM wells in mid-June — one used for storing captured carbon dioxide and two used to monitor for leaks and other problems. An ADM spokesperson said drinking water supplies in the Decatur area were not impacted and the monitoring well in question was plugged. “We The total tab came to $414.4

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 19, 2021

The “solar-powered digital nose” in situ. The first live demonstration of the group’s Silvanet system of solar-powered gas sensors was recently conducted successfully in a forest near Berlin, says the firm. . By adding additional sensors, the network can also be used to monitor tree health and growth.

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Planet Pulse

MAY 4, 2021

Through this partnership, organizations and stakeholders representing every step of the food value chain will come together to decarbonize the European food system, while maximizing other benefits such as soil health and farmer resilience. The world’s soils are the second largest carbon sink, second only to oceans.

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Grist

JULY 11, 2023

The blistering weather had many people wondering: Is this climate change? Although the event was exceedingly abnormal — a 1-in-1,000-year event in today’s climate, according to some estimates — researchers say that without global warming it would have been at least 150 times rarer and several degrees cooler. Already, the U.S.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 23, 2024

L earn how governments and organizations leverage broad area management to monitor change across vast geographies and timescales. This approach enables governments and organizations to gain insights into various natural processes and human activity, such as environmental changes, land use, and infrastructure development.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2023

The approach must be a core part of the UK’s defence against flooding and climate change, he said. ” “By harnessing the power of nature alongside our traditional flood defences, we can not only help keep communities safer, but also create wildlife havens and tackle the climate emergency.”

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Grist

MARCH 28, 2024

Tackling these hotspots could be a huge stride toward lowering emission rates, but blindspots in current monitoring protocols mean they often evade detection. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas created by, among other things, decaying trash , and it often seeps through the soil and plastic covers meant to contain it.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The Directorate General for the Environment – Geology, Soil, and Waste Division (DGE-GEODE) of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland is advertising a job opening for the position of Deep Geothermal Drilling Project Manager. More details on the job opening and instructions on application are available via this link.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 1, 2022

Being more energy-efficient, reducing waste – through recycling, reuse, and reducing regimes -, and curbing scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) from the daily commute, all help your company save money. The average gas end electricity consumed by a medium-sized office is 45,000 kWh and 30,000-50,000 kWh per year respectively.

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Planet Pulse

AUGUST 8, 2023

But climate change is placing new pressures on this system. The region’s desert ecosystems may be elastic—able to bend with given changes—but what was once gradual is now becoming more steep and severe. Studies show that 42% of the soil moisture deficit during this period can be attributed to climate change.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Other offsetting projects enhance biodiversity, improve soil quality, food production or rainwater absorption. Food production benefits are relevant, too, given that crop failure is a significant negative impact of climate change, devastating communities and forcing migration.

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Planet Pulse

APRIL 19, 2024

EO Data and Broad Area Management EO data is central to broad area management , which is the practice of monitoring, measuring, and reporting on assets, whether natural or man-made, across broad geographies and timescales. Measurements of soil water content near Ahlen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 17, 2023

Not only do pesticides directly contribute to the climate crisis, but a changing climate is likely to intensify pressure from agricultural pests and decrease plant resiliency, resulting in greater pesticide usage and therefore further greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Around 148 million people worldwide are exposed to coastal flooding events, which are predicted to surge in frequency and severity in the coming decades as climate change drives sea levels higher. And even in the best case climate change scenario, the sea level will continue to rise. metres and 4.3 metres and 3.6

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

percent of climate finance. Farmers’ associations like La Via Campesina , which lobbies on behalf of smallholders, have been drowned out by the powerful conglomerates which make up ‘Big Ag’. For these communities, climate change is existential. If they can’t harvest, they can’t eat. If they can’t harvest, they can’t eat.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 12, 2020

Engie is on the lookout for more clean energy acquisitions in the U.S., With a long history in fossil fuels and nuclear energy, Engie has pivoted dramatically toward renewables over the past few years — a strategy that included the U.S. Engie supplies the city of Houston with solar power from its Holman project in Texas.

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Grist

MARCH 27, 2020

Bristol is studying samples of soil and ice extracted from the north Alaskan coast in 2018. The fallout of coronavirus will leave gaps in scientific data about another global crisis, climate change, and shelve ongoing studies. Emily Bristol takes soil samples off the coast of Alaska. Sasha Peterson. “I

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

Additionally, specifically for greenhouses, they can use an excessive amount of energy to heat outside of planting season which can contribute to pollution. Small changes to such practices can make a huge environmental impact! . Composting can help reduce waste, save money, and be of usage with organic gardening practices.

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