The growing threat of drought and rising water demand have made accurate forecasts of crop water use critical for farmland water management and sustainability. But limitations in existing models and satellite data pose challenges for precise estimates of evapotranspiration—a combination of evaporation from soil and transpiration from plants. The process is complex and difficult to...Read More

In 2012 the Ellen MacArthur Foundation published its first report analyzing the circular economy’s opportunities for business. This research focused on complex-medium-lived products and demonstrated that a circular economy scenario could represent a net material cost-saving opportunity of $520 billion to $630 billion a year in the EU in 2030. Analysis on washing machines indicated...Read More