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Here’s how drought stress alters soil function in the rainforest
Environment, NewsDrought progressively reduces the ability of soil to consume biogenic volatile organic compounds according to a German study. The emission intensifies after soil rewetting

Depopulation is changing the fire map of Europe
Environment, NewsL’abbandono delle aree rurali e la crisi climatica hanno trasformato le campagne europee. Con esse cambia la fotografia degli incendi che ogni estate colpiscono il continente

Climate change threatens India’s agriculture and development
Agricultural Industry, NewsExtreme heat waves, made more and more frequent by climate change, continue in India. Soil productivity is at risk, as is the achievement of growth targets

Climate and drought are the perfect recipe for disruption (not just) in California
Environment, NewsDuring extended drought periods, soil loses its ability to absorb water, writes The New York Times. When rain occurs, landslide risk increases. A combination of phenomena that climate change makes increasingly frequent

The water cycle has changed. And it favors floods and droughts
Environment, NewsExtreme rainfall concentrated in short periods is becoming more frequent just like months characterized by exceptionally low rainfall, scientists from the Global Water Monitor Consortium explain. Growth in duration and severity of heat waves causes "flash droughts" especially in Europe and China

At the end of July, a global meeting on the link between healthy soil and nutrition
Agricultural Industry, NewsFrom 26 to 29 July, hundreds of representatives from the political, agricultural, environmental, scientific and industrial world will participate in the Global Symposium on Soil for nutrition. Until the end of May, a call of abstracts to propose reports to be presented during the days of the event. Here the main themes

Wildfires are putting corporations and carbon market in trouble
Environment, NewsPrompted by climate change, wildfires are devastating larger portions of the forests that generate the emission credits sold to the corporations

Microbes, soil and CO2: diversity is better
Environment, NewsAccording to a U.S. study, a healthy soil with a wider diversity of microbes is capable of capturing more CO2