More Greenhouse Gas per Grain of Rice

Oct 22, 2012

More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and rising temperatures cause rice agriculture to release more of the potent greenhouse gas methane (CH4) for each kilogram of rice it produces, new research published recently in the online edition of Nature Climate Change reveals. “Our results show that rice agriculture becomes less climate friendly as our atmosphere continues to change. This is important, because rice paddies are one of the largest human sources of methane, and rice is the world’s second-most produced staple crop,” said Dr Kees Jan van Groenigen, Research Fellow at the Botany Department at the School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, and lead author of the study.

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Intel Labs Europe, Dublin City Council and Trinity College Dublin announce the launch of the 'Sustainable Connected Cities - Dublin’ collaboration

Oct 11, 2012

Lord Mayor of Dublin Naoise O Muiri along with Professor Martin Curley, Vice President Intel Labs, and Director Intel Labs Europe, and Professor Vinny Cahill, Dean of Research, Trinity College Dublin, launched the ‘Sustainable Connected Cities - Dublin’ collaboration.

The announcement of the innovative collaboration was made at the Intel Ireland Research Conference which took place recently at Croke Park, Dublin and was attended by Sean Sherlock, Minister of State, Department of Enterprise, Jobs & Innovation, who joined the conference to deliver a keynote address on the topic of Research and Innovation in Ireland.

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