Latest News Publications SDG 15 Life On Land NEW PAPER: Applying ecosystem services for pre-market environmental risk assessments of regulated stressors Grantham supervisor Lorraine Maltby is co-author of this new article about ecosystem services. The paper discusses ecosystem services (ES), which are the benefits that people obtain from ecosystems. Investigating the environment through an ES framework has gained wide acceptance in the scientific community. Policymakers use it to protect biodiversity and […] Read More
Latest News Policy SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities SDG 15 Life On Land Soil erosion ‘greatest threat to planet’ ‘By the time you’ve finished reading this paragraph, the world will have lost another football pitch of soil. At current […] Read More
SDG 15 Life On Land Even more amphibians are endangered than we thought The University of Sheffield researchers have shown that more amphibians are endangered than was previously believed. Due to a lack […] Read More
Latest News SDG 15 Life On Land Grantham Scholar wins prize Matt Hethcoat was awarded a prize at the Joint Meeting of the Society for Tropical Ecology and the British Ecological […] Read More
Blog, interviews and comment SDG 15 Life On Land SDG 2 Zero Hunger Why I Think Soils Are Entities – Not A Set Of Properties Grantham Scholar Jenny Veenstra is a soil scientist on a mission – to make us appreciate the wonder of soil […] Read More
SDG 15 Life On Land SDG 2 Zero Hunger UN World Soil Day: How We Can All Be The Solution To Soil Pollution Soil Is Amazing Did you know that 95% of our food comes from soil? Or that 1 tablespoon of soil […] Read More
Blog, interviews and comment SDG 15 Life On Land SDG 2 Zero Hunger The impact of GM crops: Journal Club with Professor Julie Gray The subject of genetic modification is one of the most controversial topics in the food security debate. In this blog, Grantham Scholar Chris […] Read More