TEL AVIV, Israel, March 31, 2023 (Maximpact.com Sustainability News) – Plants are not silent as most people believe, but the sounds they make are ultrasonic, too low for the hearing range of the human ear, new research shows. “An idyllic field of flowers can be a rather noisy place. It’s just that we can’t hear the sounds!” Professor Lilach Hadany from Tel Aviv University said with a smile, as the landmark research she led was published this week in the journal “Cell.”
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Plants are not silent as most people believe, but the sounds they make are ultrasonic, too low for the hearing range of the human ear, new research shows. “An idyllic field of flowers can be a rather noisy place. It’s just that we can’t hear the sounds!” Professor Lilach Hadany from Tel Aviv University said with a smile, as the landmark research she led was published this week in the journal “Cell.”
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“Investing in Biodiversity for People and Planet,” is the theme of the UN Biodiversity Conference taking place now in Egypt. Officials from 190 countries have gathered to halt the loss of animals and plants and protect the ecosystems that support the livelihoods of billions.
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Biochar can help address many environmental challenges, as people in Norway are just now discovering. This form of carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and storage reduces the need for fertilizers, may lead to better crop yields and can remove heavy metals from the soil.
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“We share our planet with millions of species of wild animals and plants. They keep us alive through making fresh air, clean water and healthy soils; they are used every day to make medicine, food and furniture and they support cultural, recreational and tourism…”
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A team from the Ceres Regional Center for Fruit and Vegetable Innovation in Chile has won the first-ever $100,000 Ray C. Anderson Foundation “Ray of Hope” Prize in the Biomimicry Global Design Challenge.
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More than 800,000 signatures against patents on plants, animals and seeds were handed to officials of the European Patent Office on June 29, as the EPO’s Administrative Council held a meeting in Munich.
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