News/Events
Visit to UEA on 29th January 2010 by HRH The Prince of Wales (Patron of the School of Environmental Science). HRH met with staff and researchers and was briefed on issues within the environmental science arena including the work of the Nitrous Oxide Focus group.January 2010 - HRH The Prince of Wales visits UEA
HRH The Prince of Wales (Patron of the School of Environmental Science) met with staff and researchers during his visit to UEA on January 29th 2010, during which he was briefed on issues within the environmental science arena including the work of the Nitrous Oxide Focus group.
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Event - Farming Futures - Soil nitrogen: the critical link between inputs, outputs, profit and climate change
5th March 2010, 9am - 2pm, Midloe Farm, St. Neots, Cambridgeshire
Are you concerned about rising input costs and how you can increase cereal production in a changing climate with a growing population? Have you thought about the role of nitrogen in your business and the economics of its impact? Is your business ready for carbon labelling and the green consumer? Come along and listen to the perspectives of leading scientists and industry experts. Click here for further details. -
Event - Enzymology and Ecology of the Nitrogen Cycle
15th - 17th September 2010, University of Birmingham 2010
A number of partners in the Nitrous Oxide Focus Group will be attending and presenting at this meeting which will bring together biochemists and ecologists to explore key issues, such as nitrous oxide emission, associated with the nitrogen cycle in soils, sediments and oceans. Please click here for further details.
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New Research Group: European Systems Biology of Denitrification (SYSDEN) Group
This group aims to develop an integrated, predictive model of denitrification for a single paradigm organism to obtain a fundamental understanding of the control mechanisms underlying denitrification through the means of quantitative, testable predictions. Please click here to view the overall aim and partners within this group.
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October 09: American Scientists Raise New Issues
Ravishankara AR, Daniel JS, Portmann RW. (2009) Nitrous Oxide (N2O): the dominant ozone-deleting substance emitted in the 21st Century Science 326(5949):123-5.
Kampschreur MJ, Temmink H, Kleerebezem R, Jetten MS, van Loosdrecht MC. (2009) Nitrous Oxide emission during wastewater treatment. Water Research 43(17):4093-103.
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L-R: Chloe Smith (MP for North Norfolk), David Cameron, Professor David Richardson and Professor Trevor Davies.July 09: David Cameron visits the University
David Cameron visited the University to discuss environmental issues with some members of the Nitrous Oxide Focus Group.
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July 2009: The Nitrous Oxide Focus Group visits the Royal Norfolk Show
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July 2009: New Paper Published by Focus Group Member
To help raise awareness of the impact that Nitrous Oxide has on the environment, the group had presence at the largest two-day agricultural show in the country.
David Richardson, Heather Felgate, Nick Watmough, Andrew Thomson and Elizabeth Baggs (2009) Mitigating release of the potent greenhouse gas N2O from the nitrogen cycle – could enzymic regulation hold the key? Trends in Biotechnology 27(7) 388 - 397.
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April 2009: New Laboratories Launched
Two newly refurbished laboratories in the Faculty of Science have been opened. More than 70 academic staff and industry representatives toured the state-of-the-art Energy Materials Laboratory in CAP and the Wolfson Fermentation Laboratory in BIO at a special launch event on April 1. Dean of Science, Prof David Richardson, and Prof Chris Pickett both led successful bids to the Royal Society/Wolfson Foundation to build new facilities that they will use to advance the next wave of ‘low-carbon’ research and technological innovation.
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2008: N2O release from agro-biofuel production negates global warming reduction by replacing fossil fuels
A collaboration of American, European and Uk scientists have argued that nitrous oxide release associated with biofuel production for agricultural lands could negate the global warming reduction potential of using biofuels rather the fossil fuels. The work highlights the need to better understand the factors the lead to nitrous oxide emissions in agricultural lands. Please click here to download
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09/05/08 Nitrous Oxide Focus Group Newsletter
Issue one of the Nitrous Oxide Focus Group Newsletter is now available. Please click here to download a PDF version
02/03/08 Future Radio
Professor David Richardson has been interviewed by Dominik Lukeš on Future Radio about the new Nitrous Oxide Focus Group - click here to listen again online.
14/02/08: Nitrous oxide: definitely no laughing matter
Farmers, food suppliers, policy-makers, business leaders and environmentalists are joining forces to confront the threat of the ‘forgotten greenhouse gas’ by taking part in an influential new forum at the University of East Anglia. Launched on February 22nd 2008 the Nitrous Oxide Focus Group will engage with many influential organisations including the National Farmers Union, Marks & Spencer, British Sugar, Defra, the Country Land and Business Association and Unilever. The group will present and explore cutting edge research into the sources and sinks of nitrous oxide in the environment and discuss the prospects of mitigating the release of this destructive gas through re-shaping current policies and practice.
Please click here to download the press release (Word document)-
22/02/08: Nitrous Oxide Focus Group Launch Event
'Nitrous Oxide: from enzymes to global warming. Understanding the implications for your organisation'
The Nitrous Oxide Focus Group launch was held on February 22nd 2008 at the University of East Anglia, Norwich.
