Whereas many existing water harvesting technologies are large, energy-intensive and slow, this team's device is unique due to elastocaloric cooling, which uses materials that can reduce energy use ...
Spanish fruit farmer Bernardo Ferrer was just about to harvest his crop of oranges and persimmon when deadly floods devastated vast tracts of farmland in the Valencia region.
The early sowings did have a few challenges with cloddy seed-beds and moisture retention, especially after the rain delays hit in September and held up both harvest and sowing operations.