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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Viewpoint: Outdated organic fanaticism holds back agricultural sustainability — Recent head of Swiss-based Research Institute for Organic says organic embrace of gene-editing would end ‘polarization’
The EU plans to exempt techniques such as CRISPR from the strict restrictions on green genetic engineering, provided that the ...
Viewpoint: ‘Think globally, act locally’? It’s a buzzy environmentalist catchphrase, but it may not be the best way to address climate change and conservation challenges
Few bumper stickers have made as large of an impression as “Think Globally, Act Locally.” Plastered on the back of ...
‘More than just eating bugs’: Future proteins made from fungi, algae, and bacteria offer sustainable alternatives to current global diet
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Feeding China’s gargantuan meat appetite releases gigatons of carbon. Could cultured meat address soaring demand and climate disruptions?
The largest protein markets in Asia need to massively scale up their adoption of novel meat substitutes in the coming ...
Here’s how to capture carbon dioxide in the atmosphere — and why it’s so important
Carbon sequestration is the process of capturing atmospheric carbon dioxide — the most commonly produced greenhouse gas — and storing it in ...
Downside of the amateur beekeeper craze: Honeybees are not endangered and raising them reduces food availability for native bee species
It's morning on a City of London rooftop. But that rooftop itself is a little oasis: a tennis court-sized patch ...
Combining AI and CRISPR: Gene-edited hardwood trees increase carbon sink potential of deep forests
Researchers are using the revolutionary gene-editing technology CRISPR to breed unique, pulp-abundant poplar trees that, as laid out in a study ...
Viewpoint: Queen of Green Social Justice or Reckless Green-Revolution Rejectionist — Who is the real Vandana Shiva?
Indian activist Vandana Shiva opposes the tools and practices of modern agriculture and science and advocates regressive policies that cause ...
Future protein: ‘If meat-loving habits prove too hard to shift, the obvious solution is to replace meat with meat’
Globally, 80 billion animals die for our dinners each year — and a joint report by the United Nations and the ...
Rethinking sustainability: Does nutritional value of dairy products offset environmental impacts of milk production?
Researchers from Virginia Tech's School of Animal Sciences analyzed global data to better understand the holistic role of the dairy ...
Balancing economics and sustainability: What would a future without glyphosate weedkiller look like?
Ongoing public debate about glyphosate has led some to question what the impacts would be if it were no longer ...
Here are the real reasons why Greenpeace rejects genetically engineered crops even when they are more sustainable
Greenpeace was very positive about green genetic engineering in the 1980s because the environmental organization saw it as an opportunity ...
Sheep ‘burp’ methane gas, which has 80 times the warming impact of carbon dioxide. Can we genetically engineer them to be more sustainable?
Farmers are looking to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in a weird and wonderful way: using genetically engineered, low-methane sheep ...
Viewpoint: ‘Even if it seems like breaking a taboo, CRISPR gene editing techniques and organic farming are an excellent match’
Even if it sounds like breaking a taboo, new gene editing techniques and organic are an excellent match ...
The world is quickly getting too hot for human bodies. Can we adapt to rapid climate change?
By the time Homo erectus appeared about two million years ago, our ancestors were on their way to becoming endurance ...
This hardy pea plant is climate-change resistant, but sometimes poisonous. Here’s how gene editing could turn it into a ‘climate crisis’ crop
It is grown in some of the world’s most inhospitable, arid regions and is noted for being rich in protein ...
Super-efficient short ‘smart corn’ capable of denser planting gets green light from USDA
Bayer AG's genetically modified corn has received safety approval from the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) ...
6 fake news websites stoking fear about crops grown from genetically-engineered seeds
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Viewpoint: ‘Why farmers are essential partners in the fight against climate change’
The “Farm to Fork” strategy is an important part of the EU Green Deal. As a farmer, I endorse the ...
What role could GMOs play in achieving sustainable biofuel?
One of the primary benefits of using GMOs in biofuel production is the potential for increased crop yields. By engineering ...
With climate disruptions increasing and bans on most genetically-engineered crops, African crop yields remain among lowest in the world
Africa has a huge population with by far the least sophisticated food production and processing systems. Any improvements would have the ...
Viewpoint: Food upcycling — Maybe the key to food sustainability isn’t growing more crops, but cutting back food waste
[The Salt and Straw] ice cream chain is among those at the forefront of the upcycling movement, the process of ...
Why India’s government-subsidized, organic farming experiment hasn’t worked out well
On a cold winter’s day in January 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared Sikkim as the first organic farming state in India ...
Russia banned GMOs years ago to distinguish itself from the United States. What’s its current stance toward genetic engineering, CRISPR and other New Breeding Techniques?
Russia's decision to ban importation and cultivation of GMOs made sense from a political perspective. But it's a decision the ...
Is a split developing between the European organic establishment and the farmers it claims to represent over the regulation of CRISPR and other New Genomic Techniques?
Anti-GE activists spin a narrative that large agribusiness companies have seduced farmers into planting GMO crops where it’s legal, such ...
Viewpoint: ‘It’s time for transparency’ — How promoting alleged benefits of organic food misleads shoppers and undermines our farm system
Rather predictable howls of protest from organic lobbyists greeted the recent decision to allow the temporary use of neonic seed ...
What’s trendy isn’t always best: Why land-sharing and rewilding risk driving up food imports and accelerating biodiversity loss
Numerous studies show that some of today’s most popular conservation policies are doing little to help those species most affected ...
