Fraunhofer IVV studies highlight the potential of peatland plants for sustainable packaging, reducing reliance on wood and ...

Due to their low lignin content, however, peatland plants could also be an attractive alternative to wood as a raw material source for sustainable paper packaging. Researchers at the Fraunhofer ...

Dubbed Grazing the Bar, the five-year pilot project offers Midwest farmers ... will help gauge the bird-friendliness of organic, grass-fed dairies. The partners will see which strategies create the ...

California's native wildflowers are being smothered by layers of dead, invasive grasses. A new study shows that simply raking these layers can boost biodiversity and reduce fire danger.

Australia's eastern seaboard capital cities will grow at nearly twice the pace of their surrounding regions, Treasury says. The department expects Australia's population to exceed 41.2 million ...

The Everglades ecosystem was degraded and transformed when a highway connecting Tampa and Miami was built in 1928, cutting ...

Meghan Markle's dreams of releasing her new Netflix cookery and lifestyle show might be in jeopardy, according to an industry insider. For almost a year there have been rumours that Meghan is ...

NASA brings that principle into the world of audio in a project known as “A Universe of Sound.” The team has converted openly available data from Chandra, supplemented by open data from other ...

When it’s cold, the grass plants aren’t actively growing, so they won’t repair themselves until spring if they get damaged. He added: “Only mow the lawn if it’s absolutely necessary ...

Derek Gobble, a project manager for Five Valley's Land Trust, said the preservation benefits local agriculture, but mainly is meant to protect a year-round spring that percolates from the area. " ...

Trustees say they were delighted to visit two of the projects they supported this year, with one being the winter moon garden at Kingston Maurward College, near Dorchester, as well as a sensory ...

In recent weeks, city officials acknowledged that the city’s estimated contribution to the project had grown to $91 million, up from the initial $50 million projected cost. The total price tag ...