Monthly Archives: February 2013

THE DIRT The Dutch have a complex, inescapable relationship with water, which makes them virtual experts in water management, said Chase Rynd, head of the National Building Museum. The ambassador from the Netherlands, Rudolf Bekink, agreed that water has played … Continue reading

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Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
My paper “Secure the Volume: Vertical Geopolitics and the Depth of Power” has now been published by Political Geography in their ‘articles in press’ section [open access here]. They’ve not yet posted the responses by…

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Desert bacteria could help boost crop yields(link)

Scientists from the United Arab Emirates [UAE] have isolated local salt- and drought-tolerant strains of Rhizobia, soil bacteria that fix nitrogen  inside the root nodules of legumes and can give much needed boost to crop yield. read here

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