climate change
‘Precision farming’ could slow climate change and unlock $250 billion in profits for farmers
There is a long list of global problems to combat, including hunger, drought, poverty, bad health, polluted water and poor ...
Can biotechnology help protect the world’s chocolate supply?
[K]eeping pace with global cravings can be a tall order for chocolate producers — a challenge made even tougher as ...
‘Goodish’ news for climate change models: They don’t account for plants’ nocturnal behavior
Climate scientists have not been properly accounting for what plants do at night, and that, it turns out, is a ...
Climate change and rice: How some of the world’s poorest nations may suffer
Much of the world relies on rice. What happens when climate change threatens rice nutrition? ...
Video: European farmers push for greater access to GMO crops to ensure better harvests
From adapting to climate change to ensuring a sufficient supply of food, agricultural innovation has enormous potential to help farmers ...
New ‘scuba rice’ could protect 49 million acres of rice fields from flooding
According to some estimates, half the world depends on rice as its staple food. But as the climate changes, rice cultivation ...
Is there a link between climate change and human evolution?
[W]hile all the talk nowadays focuses on how to change the course of the climate’s evolution, a study out [October 11] ...
‘Low-emission’ cows that produce less methane gas take center stage amid growing climate change fears
From low-emission cows to robotic soil management, the farming industry will have to explore new approaches in the wake of ...
Could gene editing overcome ‘squeamishness’ about GMOs and crop biotechnology?
Climate change is .... empowering a less familiar food foe: fungal pathogens. Molds and mildews thrive under increased precipitation and ...
Climate change could accelerate demand for robot farmers
It’s harvest season in the Northern hemisphere, so farmers head into the fields to gather the fruit of their hard ...
Record-high yields suggest climate change no threat to coffee production
For roughly the last two years, the media has been warning us that climate change is threatening the world's supply ...
Biotech crops could soften impact of climate change, Gates Foundation says
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) just released its 2018 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the ...
Methane-cutting GMO ‘super-grass’ could start new biotech crop debate in New Zealand
Groundbreaking New Zealand research shows that methane production from livestock could be dramatically reduced with a new so-called pasture super-grass ...
How human evolution—and racism—could be altered by climate change
Evidence suggests that a warming planet could melt away differences between human races — or population groups, as scientists more ...
3 reasons Mars colonization might be a bad idea
I wanted to look at the case against Mars; three reasons humans should leave the red planet alone. … [T]he first argument ...
Were Neanderthals wiped out by icy climate change?
About 40,000 years ago, Neanderthals began disappearing from Europe, but exactly why they died out is a mystery. … Researchers propose ...
Climate change makes bugs hungrier, which could threaten our food supply
Climate change is already threatening our food supply by raising temperatures and causing wildfires, but as a new study in ...
Dead Sea plant genes could boost efforts to cope with drought, climate change
The biblical Joseph foresaw in a dream a seven-year drought and subsequently guided Egypt’s rulers to set aside enough stores ...
‘Smart plants’? Newly discovered genetic ‘messaging system’ could get us there
University of British Columbia researchers have discovered an internal messaging system that plants use to manage the growth and division ...
‘Geoengineering’ the atmosphere to slow climate change would threaten agricultural production
Proposals to combat climate change by reflecting the sun’s rays back into space would cause widespread crop failure, cancelling out ...
Viewpoint: Self-interest, rather than ignorance, key driver in GMO and climate change rejectionism
GMO opponents and climate change deniers often share a common characteristic -- their actions and decisions are driven by the ...
Vulnerable system? What if world’s breadbaskets experience crop failure at same time?
Less than 25 percent of Earth’s cropland produces nearly 75% of the staple crops that feed us. Are globalization and ...
The future is here: 3 ways technology can improve sustainability
Generating energy and using more land for crops increases atmospheric greenhouse gas levels. So does livestock farming. But there are ...
2016 Presidential Race: Clinton, Trump, Stein and Johnson on Biomedical Research
GLP continues its series on the presidential candidate's positions on genetics and biotechnology. Today we assess Trump, Clinton, Johnson, and ...
GMO sustainability frontier: Helping crops acquire their own nitrogen
Tweaking a crop's genetics to help it fix its own nitrogen could avoid the need for massive amounts of fertilizer, ...
Anti-GMO stance by Greenpeace, other environmental activists, worsen climate change
The evidence suggests that GM crops can and do contribute to reducing global climate change. But high profile environmental groups, ...
