Dr Nina Bassuk – Trees – the True Urban Warriors Trees benefit cities in many often-overlooked ways. They not only beautify concrete backdrops, but also improve the quality of our urban lives by providing shade, reducing storm runoff, filtering air and providing...
Professor Deb Jaisi – In Search of a New Phosphorus-Cycling Paradigm Phosphorus poses a modern-day dilemma. On one hand, it is an essential nutrient for all plants and animals and is undisputedly indispensable as a crop fertiliser. On the other hand, its wide...
Dr Martha Giraldo – Solving the Problem of Apio (Arracacia xanthorrhiza) Corm Rot Disease Essentially un-researched until now, corm rot disease has had detrimental effects on the Puerto Rican agricultural industry. Here, Dr Martha Giraldo and her research team...
Dr Dedrick D. Davis – Biochar and Soil Dynamics Renewable biofuels are a carbon-neutral alternative to fossil fuels, but they have their own complications. One problem is that growing and harvesting crops for biofuel depletes soil of valuable nutrients. To...
Dr Stephen Laubach – Cracking the Puzzle of Rock Fracture with Crystal Clues Drs Stephen Laubach, Jon Olson and Rob Lander and their team at The University of Texas at Austin are investigating the relationship between growth of fractures in rock, and chemical...
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