Fred Pearce
Climate change is making water saltier and killing crops. Genetic engineering offers possible solution
There is a surge in saltiness across all inhabited continents today. Climate change is far from the only cause. Deltas ...
Land sparing or land sharing: How do we feed the world while protecting the environment?
It is one of the biggest questions in conservation: Should we be sharing our landscapes with nature by reviving small ...
US overturns approval of sulfoxaflor, only neonicotinoid approved in EU
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A worldwide dispute over ...
Bt brinjal poised to help farmers in Bengladesh, fears of critics fail to materialize
Any day now, a hundred Bangladeshi smallholder farmers will be planting their annual aubergine crop. But this year this select ...
GMO eggplant may unlock Asian food revolution, cut pesticide use, farmer deaths
The humble aubergine – you might call it eggplant or brinjal – may be about to unlock a food revolution ...
Human meddling will spur the evolution of new species
A decade ago, ecologist Chris Thomas warned that climate change would wipe out a quarter of all species. Now he ...
