On the plains of Crau in southern France, EU-funded researchers are pioneering a new approach to water conservation that allows...
With an electronic ‘ping’, Professor Dirk de Graaf gets an alert on his smartphone. It’s a message from a beehive...
Above the Arctic Circle in Finland’s municipality of Inari, the largest and most sparsely populated region of Finnish Lapland, leading sources...
For avocado farmers in Peru, it appears to be a boom time. Their production has increased sixfold over the past...
Supermarkets across Europe offer such regular and wide selections of strawberries, raspberries and blueberries – even in the grip of...
In an old-growth forest in Slovakia, dozens of sensors are placed in the soil, tree trunks and air. The devices...
For avocado farmers in Peru, it appears to be a boom time. Their production has increased sixfold over the past...
Europeans are increasingly keen to eat food that is both healthy for them and gentle on the environment. Retail sales...
German farmers in the Lower Oder Valley National Park on the eastern border with Poland faced a dilemma: what to...
In late October, climate change suddenly felt very real in northern Italy. A severe storm brought heavy rainfall to the...
In late October, climate change suddenly felt very real in northern Italy. A severe storm brought heavy rainfall to the...
Callie Seaman was 16 when she started smoking cannabis to control her epilepsy. The seizures that had started two years...
The Ornithopter in the sci-fi blockbuster film Dune resembles a helicopter crossed with a dragonfly. It’s no wonder why. Ever...
Think of wildlife tracking and what probably comes to mind are documentaries following the majestic movements of elephants through the...
In Palmela, a wine region near Portugal’s capital Lisbon, Miguel Cachão is focused on an unusual aspect of the autumn...
In Palmela, a wine region near Portugal’s capital Lisbon, Miguel Cachão is focused on an unusual aspect of the autumn...
Picture the following scene in the Netherlands: kids roll dice and move grandmother around a board to collect the ingredients...
Think of wildlife tracking and what probably comes to mind are documentaries following the majestic movements of elephants through the...
Picture the following scene in the Netherlands: kids roll dice and move grandmother around a board to collect the ingredients...
Anybody wondering about the hands-on challenges of wildlife conservation in Europe should consider a recent tale. It involves a wild...
Human health is inextricably linked to food and the environment. The world, including Europe, faces emergencies on all three fronts....
Livestock farmers in Germany, Italy, Sweden and the UK are trying a new method to produce milk and meat: feeding...
The fate of millions of pigs in Europe could be decided this coming winter in a Hungarian forest. There, EU...
Picture the following scene on the French island of Corsica: a local fire service uses a special surveillance camera to...
When Paolo Colzi left his job in an Italian textile company 23 years ago to take over the family wheat...
Trees and other vegetation grow on the site of a former soap factory in northwestern France. While the greenery suggests...
Near the north-western Italian town of Asti, known for its vineyards and sparkling white wine, Alberto Mossino helped cultivate a...
Switzerland is renowned for its mountains, cheese and chocolate. Less well known is how Lindt, a Swiss chocolate producer, is...
Armed with headlamps and tweezers, American evolutionary ecologist Jonathan Shik and his team spent more than 100 hours lying on...
The dubious winners of the agricultural revolution, by sheer numbers, are obvious. Living in the world today are 30 billion...
Without soil, there is no life on earth Bispo and his fellow researchers at CIRCASA project developed a methodology for...
‘Items in this section have limited availability due to supplier production issues,’ ‘Sorry, temporarily out of stock’ and ‘Sold out’...
As empresas estão a encontrar formas promissoras de utilizar os resíduos cheios de nutrientes da produção de azeite. O azeite...
Trees help counter global warming by removing and storing greenhouse gases that cause it. But as droughts become more frequent...
Europe’s valuable wine and beer industries are working to retain their competitive edge with an expanded range of aromas and...
Global food supply faces a range of threats including climate change, wars, pests and diseases. An organism too small for...
Our ancestors dealt with large-scale environmental challenges thousands of years ago. Understanding their traditional practices may inform modern Europeans racing...
Ter uma grande ideia pode não ser suficiente para mudar o mundo - a inovação é um processo comercial, bem...
It’s common knowledge that proteins, a key component of human nutrition, are also essential for making animal feeds. Less well...
Algumas culturas europeias de importância vital, como as vinhas e as azeitonas, estão a ser devastadas por doenças. Os cientistas...
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