by Helen Bunting | Apr 27, 2025
Plant pests and diseases (PPDs) pose a serious threat to trees and forests globally. The UK Plant Health Risk Register (PHRR) provides semiquantitative estimates of invasion probability and impact on host plants for PPDs thought to pose a risk to the United Kingdom to...
by Caroline Kennedy | Apr 25, 2025
High yielding perennial grasses are utilised as biomass for the bioeconomy and to displace fossil fuels. Miscanthus is a perennial grass used as a source of biomass but most of the cultivated crop is limited to a naturally occurring hybrid M. ×...
by Helen Bunting | Mar 11, 2025
The UK experienced an unprecedented heatwave in 2022, with temperatures reaching 40 °C for the first time in recorded history. This extreme heat was accompanied by widespread fires across London and elsewhere in England, which destroyed houses and prompted...
by Caroline Kennedy | Mar 10, 2025
Biochar has high potential for long-term atmospheric carbon storage in terrestrial environments, contributing to meeting the UK and global greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. This study investigates the greenhouse gas emissions and techno-economics associated...
by Caroline Kennedy | Feb 21, 2025
Peatlands are an important natural store of carbon (C). Drainage of lowland peatlands for agriculture and the subsequent loss of anaerobic conditions had turned these C stores into major emitters of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Practical management strategies are needed...
