A common marine worm key to the richness of many coastal ecosystems is being damaged by the increasing ocean acidification that was thought to imperil mainly shellfish and coral, writes Alex Kirby. It's an unwelcome sign of more unexpected ecological changes to come.
Lugworms suffer toxic impact of acidifying oceans Alex Kirby | 30th October 2014 News Oceans Climate Change Pollution Toxics Ecology lugworm-hunting-cut.jpg A common marine worm key to the richness …
With rising population and food demand far outstripping supply, the Sahel is vulnerable to a new humanitarian crisis, writes Alex Kirby. Rainfall is expected to increase with climate change, but higher temperatures will overwhelm the benefits.
Climate renews famine risk to Africa's Sahel Alex Kirby | 5th November 2014 News Africa Water Climate Change failed-corn-crop-mauritania-cut.jpg With rising population and food demand far …
The coast of Peru is being blighted by a fishmeal industry that's sprung up to satisfy the West’s voracious appetite for salmon – now marine life, human health and whole ecosystems are paying the price. Andrew Wasley and Jim Wickens report
How our growing appetite for salmon is devastating coastal communities in Peru Andrew Wasley Jim Wickens | 1st December 2008 News Fish Food And Farming Salmon Peru fishybusiness.jpg The coast of Peru …
As falling milk prices push dairy farm out of business, new mega-dairies and feedlot operations of 700 or more cows are filling the void, writes Andrew Wasley. Never mind the pollution, slurry lagoons, and heavy plant on country lanes - do we want the cows that produce our milk confined to sheds? And what's the future for traditional dairy farmers with small, well cared for herds?
… way of fertilising land than using chemical fertilisers and the amount slurry was no …
UK fund managers are selling investments in jatropha plantations as a wallet-swelling, planet-saving financial bonanza. But the reality for poor farmers is very different. Andrew Wasley reports
Jatropha biofuels: UK investors sell controversial crop as 'green' Andrew Wasley | 15th February 2010 News Energy Biofuels Jatropha Development jatrophaaa1.jpg UK fund managers are selling …
UK fund managers are selling investments in jatropha plantations as a wallet-swelling, planet-saving financial bonanza. But the reality for poor farmers is very different
Jatropha biofuels: UK investors sell controversial crop as 'green' Andrew Wasley | 15th February 2010 News Energy Biofuels Jatropha Development jatrophaaa1.jpg UK fund managers are selling …
Across Italy an invisible army of migrant workers harvests tomatoes destined for our dinner plates. Paid poverty wages and living in squalor, medical charities have described conditions as 'hell'. Andrew Wasley reports from Basilicata, southern Italy
… acute pressure as plants, irrigation systems, fertilisers, pesticides, and the harvest, all …
US researchers behind a study that showed links between gas drilling and sickness in livestock say a moratorium should be imposed on fracking in the UK until its impact on food safety can be assessed. Andrew Wasley reports
… move away from fossil-fuel based manufactured fertilisers to solar powered. The science …