{"id":4620,"date":"2025-12-24T10:59:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T10:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/?p=4620"},"modified":"2025-12-24T10:59:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T10:59:12","slug":"the-plants-that-thrive-in-salt-could-halophytes-help-save-coastal-farming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/2025\/12\/24\/the-plants-that-thrive-in-salt-could-halophytes-help-save-coastal-farming\/","title":{"rendered":"The Plants That Thrive in Salt: Could Halophytes Help Save Coastal Farming?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rising sea levels and intense droughts are salinizing soil in the Venice lagoon, making traditional agriculture nearly impossible. Scientists and chefs are now turning to &#8220;halophytes,&#8221; or salt-tolerant wild herbs, as a resilient alternative for food production. With the UN estimating that up to 32% of global land could be affected by salinity due to the climate crisis, these plants represent a vital tool for future food security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> December 21, 2025. <strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2025\/dec\/21\/plants-salt-halophytes-coastal-farming\">theguardian.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rising sea levels and intense droughts are salinizing soil in the Venice lagoon, making traditional agriculture nearly impossible. Scientists and chefs are now turning to &#8220;halophytes,&#8221; or salt-tolerant wild herbs, as a resilient alternative for food production. With the UN estimating that up to 32% of global land could be affected by salinity due to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":4621,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate-crisis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4620"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4624,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4620\/revisions\/4624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}