by Caroline Kennedy | Sep 9, 2024
Cultivation of maize for biomethane production has expanded rapidly, including on drained peat soils. The resulting soil CO2 emissions at the point of feedstock production are largely overlooked when assessing biogas climate mitigation potential. On the basis of...
by Caroline Kennedy | Dec 2, 2023
Using contemporary accounts of vegetation in the South Pennine landscape of northern England from the late 18th century to the present day, we describe the degradation and subsequent partial recovery of these upland mire systems in terms of their vegetation...
by Caroline Kennedy | Nov 2, 2022
Temporary permissions are often granted for track use on peatlands. However, even when peatland track designs attempt to minimise environmental impacts via use of mesh systems, such linear disturbances may have persistent impacts. We evaluated the surface peatland...
by Caroline Kennedy | Feb 8, 2022
Maximising resource-use efficiency, productivity and environmental sustainability are all fundamental requirements to raise global food production by ~70 per cent in order to feed a world population of ~9.7 billion people by 2050. Perhaps the most vital resource...
