Sustainability & Climate Change
Food production needs are expected to roughly double over the next 35 years as the world population grows and people in under developed countries become more affluent and demand more calories. Healthy ecosystems are vital to the survival of all organisms. How can we grow crops without harming the environment? How can we balance technology and global food security? What is the right balance of organic and conventional farming? What role can genetics and biotechnology play without compromising the needs of tomorrow?
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Seed bank advantages lost in fog of anti-GMO war
While anti GMO activists push for organics, a complimentary answer to feeding the world may lie in seed banks. Only ...
Possibility of GMOs reducing genetic diversity, resilience of wild populations causes concern
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Many are concerned that GMOs will ...
As sea levels rise, GMO salt-tolerant crops could address urgent need
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Sea rise, one of ...
Can organic farming sustainably feed the developing world?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In 2030, the world ...
Why the Millennial Generation might embrace GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The natural-foods craze has ...
GMOs changed how pesticides used, cutting overall usage but raising health questions
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. GMOs have been changing ...
Talking Biotech: GMO mosquitoes; Desperate need for plant breeders
Kevin Folta on Biotechgate; Andrew McKerney on GMO mosquitoes; Phil Stewart on need for plant breeders ...
Greenpeace provokes India’s ire: Crumbling credibility and waning power of global activist power
Editor's Note: Greenpeace has led an aggressive campaign against GMOs in India, demanding that they be banned. It's mounted high ...
Bangladesh’s Bt brinjal, maligned by activists, reduces pesticide use, boosts farmer profits
Brinjal is a popular vegetable which is grown year round all over Bangladesh. The brinjal shoot and fruit borer is ...
Can Golden Rice, other nutritionally enhanced crops, fulfill promise to reduce malnutrition?
Despite public health and humanitarian efforts, it is estimated that at least 3.1 million children die each year and 161 ...
Activists threaten adoption of virus resistant GMO cassava that could rescue Africa’s staple
Anti-GMO activists caught spreading scare stories and lies about virus resistant and nutritionally enhanced GMO cassava ...
Can GMO super corals meet the challenge of global warming?
With the world’s coral reefs increasingly threatened by warmer and more acidic seas, scientists are selectively breeding corals to create ...
GMO-vaccine parallel? Biotech supporters learn from campaign that turned tide on anti-vaxxers
Supporters of GMOs aren't facing headwinds in swaying the public, but pro-science success in beating back anti-vax ideologues may provide ...
Can GMOs fight hunger in the face of climate change?
More people die annually from chronic hunger than from HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined. Many of the world’s hungry live in ...
Pollinator myth: Are bees responsible for one third of global food, heightening crisis? More like 7%
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Next generation GMOs? Monsanto experiments with modifying crops by spraying them with RNA
Using RNA interference technology, which temporarily turns off the activity of a gene, Monsanto thinks it has hit on an alternative to ...
Science fiction? Hollywood weighs in on GMOs
Actress and lifestyle guru Gwyneth Paltrow recently appeared on Capitol Hill to promote GMO labeling. We applaud her willingness to get involved in the political ...
GMOs protect farm laborers, reduce carbon emissions and are safe to eat.
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Genetically engineered bacteria could monitor water contamination, detect mining waste
A team of young scientists in Canada is developing a fascinating way to detect water contamination. Their box, called the ...
GM seaweed produces nutritious food fast, fights global warming, tastes like bacon
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European scientists criticize Scotland’s GMO ban
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‘Blood on their hands’? Withdrawal of Golden Rice study for non science reasons feeds anti-GMO fervor
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Neil Young embraces GMOs to prolong his life, but tries to block benefits for others
Neil Young: Grammy-award winning musician and GMO-hater? That’s the clear message from Young’s latest album, released earlier this summer. “The Monsanto Years,” ...
Beemageddon? Honeybee numbers at 20 year high
You've heard the news about honeybees. "Beepocalypse," they've called it. Beemageddon. America's honeybees are dying, putting honey production and $15 billion worth ...
Opponents of Bt brinjal in Bangladesh employ false media reports and scare tactics
Media reports are claiming that Bt brinjal (eggplant) has failed in the field and that farmers in Bangladesh are regretting growing it ...
