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Do our brains hamper our response to climate change’s growing threat?

Matthew King | 
In early phases of human existence we faced an onslaught of daily challenges to our survival and ability to reproduce ...
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Pew survey: Americans science literacy ‘mixed’, partisanship drives many viewpoints

Brian Kennedy, Meg Hefferon | 
A new Pew Research Center survey finds that many Americans can answer at least some questions about science concepts...The survey, ...
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How synthetic biology can cut nitrogen pollution and help reverse climate change

Kevin Costa | 
“I should say that I’m probably the doom and gloom story,” said the World Economic Forum’s Nishan Degnarain to laughter, ...
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Can we boost crop yields by making photosynthesis better with genetic engineering?

Erin Zimmerman | 
Will an improvement of photosynthesis make up for the food shortfalls we expect to face in coming years? ...
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How plant breeders produce new crops to stay ahead of climate change, disease

Global warming and changes in the amount – and location – of water, are key factors in the need to ...
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Video: Tomorrow’s crops could be grown indoors, without soil or pesticides

Ed Vega | 
As the world's population grows and climate change accelerates, farmers are increasingly turning to biotechnology, engineering and data science to ...
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Lab-grown meat may boost climate change more than cattle farming

Currently proposed types of lab-grown meat cannot provide a cure-all for the detrimental climate impacts of meat production without a ...
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How global climate change makes it harder to farm: Higher CO2 levels, warmer temperatures may spur glyphosate resistance in some weeds

Maor Matzrafi | 
Herbicides are the most commonly used means of controlling weeds. Recently, there has been growing concern over the potential impacts ...
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Researchers hunt for heat-tolerant rice, wheat varieties as global temperatures rise

Kenneth Heard | 
A group of Arkansas State University educators and students are studying effects of heat on rice crops in a three-university ...
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How climate change could skew the gender ratio

Susan Scutti | 
Global warming will have a variety of effects on our planet, yet it may also directly impact our human biology, ...
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Warmer temperatures may preserve nutritional quality of food crops—at the expense of lower yields

Recent research has shown that rising carbon dioxide levels will likely boost yields, but at the cost of nutrition. A ...
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‘Planetary health diet’ aims to feed 10 billion people without causing ‘catastrophic’ environmental damage

James Gallagher | 
A diet has been developed that promises to save lives, feed 10 billion people and all without causing catastrophic damage ...
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Forests can slow global warming, but growing evidence suggests they aren’t ‘climate saviors’

Gabriel Popkin | 
When it comes to fighting global warming, trees have emerged as one of the most popular weapons. With nations making ...
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Viewpoint: We should stop blaming cows for climate change

Frank Mitloehner | 
The claim that meat production generates more greenhouse gases than the entire transportation sector is demonstrably false, says Frank Mitloehner ...
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Talking Biotech: Genetic engineering could protect at-risk forests—but regulation blocks progress

Kevin Folta, Steve Strauss | 
Changing climates and pathogens threaten forests. Biotechnology could help, if regulators get out of the way ...
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McDonald’s eyes lab-grown meat as food, agricultural companies aim to cut environmental impact

The world’s biggest purchaser of beef is watching the plant-based meat market. “Plant-based protein is something we’re keeping an eye ...
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Viewpoint: Lab-grown meat isn’t as ‘clean’ as you might think

Alison Van Eenennaam | 
There are many polarizing false dichotomies around this emerging technology ...
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Winter cover crops meant to protect soil may contribute to climate change

Cory Reppenhagen | 
Farmers grow crops or leave dying vegetation in their fields over the winter. A new study from the National Center ...
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Can we meet a growing need for food without destroying our environment?

Paul McDivitt | 
'Sustainable intensification' takes the best ideas from conventional and organic farming ...
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Organic farming and dairy production much worse for the environment—as much as 70% greater release of greenhouse gases—concludes ‘ground-breaking’ Swedish study

Organically farmed food has a bigger climate impact than conventionally farmed food .... This is the finding of a new ...
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Organic vs conventional farming: Which is worse for Earth’s climate?

Organically farmed food has a bigger climate impact than conventionally farmed food, due to the greater areas of land required ...
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Is climate change ‘robbing’ our food of nutrients?

Elena Suglia | 
Is it possible to starve yourself of nutrients while simultaneously gaining weight? .... According to a growing body of research, ...
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Lab-grown meat is coming soon—but will anyone eat it?

Matthew Davis | 
As 2018 wraps up, the average American is poised to have eaten 222 pounds of beef over the course of ...
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We need to produce 56 percent more calories by 2050—can we do it sustainably?

Brad Plumer | 
 If the world hopes to make meaningful progress on climate change, it won’t be enough for cars and factories to ...
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Climate change spurs research to develop heat-tolerant rice, wheat

Robert Sakai-Irvine | 
Wheat with DNA tweaked to beat the heat, and redesigned rice that can flourish in hot, dry conditions. Work is ...
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GMO crops may be necessary to counter impacts of climate change, study shows

Joan Conrow | 
New research suggests that the type of yield gains made possible by genetic engineering (GE) will be needed to offset ...
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How GMO crops can be engineered to ‘rehydrate’ after intense drought

Scientists at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science in Japan have found that the protein NGA1 is critical for ...
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