Brexit is a challenge without precedents that may produce big changes in British agriculture. The term agriculture not only describes farmers growing food crops but also processing, infrastructure, suppliers, sellers etc. that form a complex supply chain to UK consumers. All of these sectors will be affected when Brexit is executed and now there is the added possibility that the UK will leave the EU without a deal.
Arguably the best day of the year in Davis is Picnic Day and it’s nearly here! Picnic day is a day where the university community come together to host a giant event to exhibit the excellent work carried out at the university. The event is targeted towards the whole community; prospective and current students, families, alumni, staff, faculty, and the greater Davis and regional communities.
If people think of the UK in the winter, Dickensian images come to mind of rolling hills covered in snow and maybe even images of days when the river Thames would freeze over and fairs would be held on the ice. In reality, this was only the case until the 19th Century but today snow in the UK rarely lasts more than a couple of days and the worst we have to deal with is rain. Moving to California, palm trees and beautifully sunny landscapes came to mind. Again, those picturesque images aren’t the whole story.
A new analysis in Taylor Lab suggests that long- term, multi-generational response of plants to rising CO2 are similar to those found in single generation FACE experiments, with consequences for continued global greening and future higher rates of photosynthesis.
Time-traveling plants that could move forward and backwards across the decades would be extremely valuable in understanding how these photosynthesizing organisms are likely to respond to the altered conditions predicted as a consequence of anthropogenic climate change.
Caspar Donnison is a second year PhD student in our lab, working on the ADVENT and MAGLUE projects researching the natural capital implications of bioenergy policy, specifically with regards to bioenergy with carbon capture and sequest
Caspar Donnison is a second year PhD student in our lab, working on the ADVENT and MAGLUE projects researching the natural capital implications of bioenergy policy, specifically with regards to bioenergy with carbon capture and sequest
