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How the UK is dealing with the impact of droughts on agriculture
Cranfield University2021-09-15T11:26:40+01:0001/07/2016|Tags: agriculture, drought, England, farm land, farming, historic droughts, land, uk, water, water use|
A water crisis is a serious challenge. According to the World Economic Forum, water crises are one of the most important risks facing our globe. Droughts are a natural hazard, but one that causes great ...
Sunflowers to save us: repairing contaminated land and powering our homes
Cranfield University2021-09-15T10:10:15+01:0006/04/2016|Tags: abandoned land, arsenic, biomass, contaminated land, ecosystems, energy, land, land owners, metal toxicity, mining, phytoremediation, pollution, sunflower, tin, uk, willow|
We know our land is valuable, but we haven’t always valued it in the past. Currently, there are more than 400 million hectares of contaminated or abandoned land (that's roughly 400 million rugby pitches). Obviously ...