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...
Food systems are highly complex and interconnected. If our grocery stores and kitchens are to have a future with packed...
Many solutions exist for ways to increase the diversity of plants grown on farms – from planting different varieties of...
A circular bioeconomy – which turns renewable biological resources and waste streams into new products – is at the heart...
Most crops require pesticides to grow profitably. But many pesticides are too efficient at killing insects, often indiscriminately. They aim...
From the possible demise of Merlot grapes in Bordeaux to loss of olive trees in north Africa, the impacts of...
In 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic upended international trade. Countries shut their borders, breaking the webs of supply chains that crisscross the...
Fears over supermarket shortages during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic led many people to buy their food from local...
Fears over supermarket shortages during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic led many people to buy their food from local...
The installation, called Hy-Fi, was designed and created by The Living, an architectural design studio in New York. Each of the...
Pests are responsible for damaging 35 million hectares of forest around the world every year. In the Mediterranean region alone...
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