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Lite-Soil: underground irrigation and water efficiency to tackle the climate crisis

by Antonella Ilaria Totaro 13 MAR 2026 10:30

From 18 to 20 February, Milan hosted the 10th edition of MyPlant & Garden, Italy's most prominent trade fair for horticulture, gardening and landscaping. The event, media-partnered by Renew...

Land use and CO₂, the GHG Protocol fills the gap in corporate inventories

by Jacopo Bassi 03 MAR 2026 17:30

This article is part of the thematic channel The Carbon Observer. Subscribe to the newsletter or update your preferences. The new GHG Protocol standard, Land Sector and Removals Standard, provides ...

Kyminasi Plants: bringing biophysics into agriculture

by Antonella Ilaria Totaro 24 FEB 2026 12:30

Within the agricultural innovation landscape, new technologies are emerging that seek to move beyond an approach to plant nutrition and crop management rooted solely in chemistry. Some of these inno...

Soil: over 70% of all countries underestimate its importance in mitigation strategies

by Lucrezia Lenardon 01 DEC 2025 09:00

Much is often said – and even more so these days, with COP30 underway in Belém, Brazil – about reducing emissions, mitigating and absorbing CO₂. Much less often, however, is it ...

The vital role of soil diversity for sustainable agriculture

by Natalia Pérez-Harguindeguy 09 SEP 2025 11:00

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The smell of wet earth is unmistakable and evokes something in all human beings. But why do we lik...

Subsidence, Tehran is sinking: the hidden cost of water

by Marco Ranocchiari 30 MAY 2025 08:00

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Tehran is sinking, and with it, much of Iran. This is a plain fact, not a metaphor for the country...

Waste not, want not: turning food waste into fertile soil for sustainable growth

by Sofia Sanchez Manzanaro 13 DEC 2024 17:30

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In Catalonia there are 7.7 million residents and approximately 7.9 million pigs. That’s over...

World Soil Day, the “indissoluble” link with water

by Giorgio Kaldor 05 DEC 2024 09:30

This article is part of our thematic channel The Water Observer. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water In the last years, on 5 December, W...

COP16 Desertification, the negotiations on soil protection are underway

by Emanuele Bompan 02 DEC 2024 19:50

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Approximately 15 million km² of land − an area larger than Antarctica − has alrea...