eDNA

Salt lakes sit empty for decades, and standard eDNA sampling needs water to filter. Discover how our team trialled sugar flotation to lift the eggs from dry sediment, pairing it with DNA metabarcoding with the result of nearly every sample returning a detection, and the method recovered seven taxa that traditional rehydration trials missed.

The practice of producing carbon credits to offset carbon emissions has been around for a few decades now, but the measurement and value of non-carbon benefits (sometimes referred to as co-benefits) is still in it infancy. The carbon market does pay a premium for these benefits, but a standardised approach, and a standalone nature market is still in development.