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We probably most often overlook it but the soil underneath our feet is an absolutely fundamental component of the environment, performing vital ecological, social and economic functions. Of course, one of those key economic functions is agriculture. The earliest Mesopotamian farmers realised the importance of managing soil well to increase and better agricultural yields. New agricultural methods throughout the centuries have continued to build upon this knowledge to this very day and around 1 billion people still earn their living off the land (the vast majority being in developing countries).

Climate services have come a long way since simply making climate observations available on a website. In a changing climate, climate services together with weather services, environmental impact assessments, and risk management, are increasingly used by many sectors, including energy, agriculture, health and tourism.

Bilingualism is known to have a strong impact on language development. Yet, there is still much to uncover. One such aspect relates to how bilinguals sharing one language will end up building their own grammar or dealing differently with so-called ‘grammatical illusions’.