Estimating the potential of roadside vegetation for bioenergy production. Journal of Cleaner Production

Published on June 25, 2015
The Netherlands, like other European Union countries, is under intense pressure to increase its national share of energy from renewable sources in accordance with 2020 Kyoto Protocol obligations. Bioenergy in this context is especially interesting be...

Collaboration or fragmentation? Biodiversity management through the common agricultural policy

Published on May 1, 2017
We argue that the current system of agri-environment management in the European Common Agricultural Policy is ineffective at conserving biodiversity in part because it promotes fragmentation instead of collaboration of actors, thus hindering coordina...

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Black truffles grown in eastern U.S. may be less valuable lookalike species

Published on June 21, 2023
Researchers at Michigan State University and the University of Florida, have discovered that truffle producers in the eastern U.S. may be inadvertently cultivating a less flavorful species of truffle.

Managing Japanese beetles in chestnuts for 2013

Published on March 3, 2013
The 2012 season saw high populations of Japanese beetles in some Michigan orchards and growers will need to prepare to combat this potentially damaging pest in the coming season.

Towards nexus thinking in energy systems modelling: A multi-scale, embodied perspective

Published on April 1, 2024
The European Green Deal aims to decarbonise the EU by 2050. In alignment with that goal, the REPowerEU plan took Russia's invasion of Ukraine as an opportunity to address the security and sustainability of the EU's energy sector, by increasing energy...

Geoscience for Cities: Delivering Europe's Sustainable Urban Future

Published on March 1, 2024
European Union (EU) policy is clear in its ambition to deliver a sustainable urban future for Europe. In this paper, we consider the role of urban geoscience to help achieve these ambitions. We highlight the relevance of geology to urban subsurface p...

Collective forestry regimes to enhance transition to climate smart forestry

Published on December 1, 2022
As European mountain forests are a significant world carbon stock and sequester, they have a prominent position in climate policies and climate smart forestry (CSF) implementation. However, forest ecosystem services (ES) that are public or common goo...

Towards a spatial snow climatology for Switzerland: Comparison and validation of existing datasets

Published on January 1, 2024
In the European Alps, surface snow cover is of high relevance and a major factor for environmental, ecological and economical systems. The provision of accurate and timely climatological information on the spatio-temporal distribution of Alpine snow ...

Landscape as Connecting Link of Nature and Culture: Spatial Planning Policy Implications in Greece

Published on January 1, 2019
The research paper investigates the diverse understandings of landscape, along with demonstrating the modes of contribution of the European Landscape Convention (ELC) of the Council of Europe (CE) in influencing national spatial planning systems. The...

Check your asparagus field for aphids

Published on September 14, 2011
Scout now for European asparagus aphids and know how to manage this rare Michigan pest, as severe damage could lead to yield loss next year or even plant death.

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