High yielding agriculture can promote biodiversity
"Nature organisations have an uneasy relationship with modern agriculture. I think many of them would ideally like to free up more land for nature and allocate the remainder to extensive, [...]
Sustainable intensification benefits Africa’s smallholder farmers
“Smallholders in Africa are constantly on the verge of existence. They don't just live; they survive. Sustainable intensification of agriculture increases productivity, and hence the viability of those smallholders,” says [...]
Upgrading biogas to bio LNG
[tagline_box title="Speed read" description=" Biogas contains about 50 per cent of carbon dioxide; Rapid expansion cools biogas below the condensation point of carbon dioxide; A rotational particle separator separates methane [...]
Is there a future for science journalism
Blog door Joost van Kasteren A few weeks ago my wife, who does the bookkeeping, told me matter-of-factly that my turnover in 2013 was about half of what it had [...]
Making Rio work
PREFACE Much has changed since the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. Millions of people, mainly in Asia and Latin America, have escaped the poverty trap and now [...]
Bad science reporting
The late news shows a reporter in front of two freight wagons containing ethanol with flames bursting from them. I quote: ‘Ethanol seems to be a kind of alcohol that [...]