Researchers at Aberystwyth University are collaborating on a €7m international project to help farmers to adopt more innovative agricultural approaches to make their businesses resilient and adaptable to external challenges. Through the four year project, researchers will work with European farmers to help them to implement a mixed farming approach, which is more efficient and… Continue reading Mixed farming research to address climate change challenges
Author: Esther Prytherch [ejp14]
92% of Alpine glaciers could disappear by the end of this century, researchers say
Climate change could result in the loss of up to 92% of glaciers in the Alps by the end of this century according to new research findings. Led by researchers at Aberystwyth University, the European Union-funded ‘CHANGE’ project has modelled the Environmental Equilibrium Line Altitude of valley glaciers across the European Alps in order to… Continue reading 92% of Alpine glaciers could disappear by the end of this century, researchers say
New partnership to help farmers achieve net zero
Germinal and Aberystwyth University have today (8 February 2021) announced a new long-term research partnership to promote sustainable farming. The new partnership, which builds on nearly 35 years of collaboration between the two organisations, will see Germinal employ and direct a core team of forage and grassland researchers at the Institute, as well as sponsoring… Continue reading New partnership to help farmers achieve net zero