Environment

Office blocks and universities could turn pee into commercially available phosphorus and nitrogen fertilisers, thanks to a bioelectrical reactor in development by researchers across the EU.

Office blocks and universities could turn pee into commercially available phosphorus and nitrogen fertilisers, thanks to a bioelectrical reactor in development by researchers across the EU.

Office blocks and universities could turn pee into commercially available phosphorus and nitrogen fertilisers, thanks to a bioelectrical reactor in development by researchers across the EU.

Office blocks and universities could turn pee into commercially available phosphorus and nitrogen fertilisers, thanks to a bioelectrical reactor in development by researchers across the EU.

Discarded food and wastewater could become raw materials for drinks bottles and food wrappers thanks to technology that can turn them into bio-based plastics.

Urban planners should be given guidelines to include a minimum amount of green space in cities, according to researchers who have found that exposure to parks and trees helps to prolong life, improve…

Land-based dams and clever use of bacteria and yeast are enabling Ethiopian smallholders to increase production by 10, and the techniques could be replicated across east Africa.

Thousands of smartphones are turning to the skies in the first EU-wide citizen science experiment to monitor air quality.

Europe’s fishermen have faced a rising tide of cheap imports from Asia, but that could be turning now that they’re able to prove their blue credentials to environmentally aware customers.

Europe’s only deep sea glider is being upgraded so that it can dive 5 kilometres down to scour the pitch-black depths of some of the world’s deepest oceans, enabling it to check on the environmental…