Global demand for arable land is rising, making Africa a key target for large-scale acquisitions to tackle food and energy challenges.

An international research team has developed the world's first 30-meter resolution dataset to track changes in land ...

A team of international scientists compiled decades of data to create a map showing the topography of Antarctica with the ice ...

Scientists at Lancaster University have studied satellite images of the UK to produce the most accurate assessment yet on how much land solar farms ...

As AI becomes more embedded in the agricultural DNA of the region, the dream of a self-reliant, tech-empowered, and ...

Nearly 17% of the world’s croplands are contaminated with “heavy metals”, according to a new study in Science. These contaminants – arsenic, cadmium, lead, and others – may be invisible to the eye, ...

Mauritania is predominantly a desert country, with vast stretches of pastoral land and only 0.5% arable land. The population is estimated at around 5 million (2024), and with a density of 5 ...

Map: The Economist Across the border in Santo ... One IMF paper found comparable amounts of arable land and rainfall over the years on both sides of the island. A far more convincing explanation ...

Madhavapeddy is part of the team building a new AI tool called Terra - a predictive model of all terrestrial life on Earth. It’s a hugely complex task. The aim is to understand, then help ...

There has always been a cocktail of contradiction—an alliance of hopefuls and harbingers, of markets and mayhem.

our connection to the land, to each other, and to the world is universal.” Apple says through MapKit, Apple Maps underpins many other parts of the Apple experience, so Indigenous lands will now ...

The plan, which was jointly issued by the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council, China's Cabinet, ...