climate change
Food crops engineered to behave like drought-tolerant succulents may better adapt to climate change
“Water-storing tissue is one of the most successful adaptations in plants that enables them to survive long periods of drought ...
Beyond GM crops: Climate-friendly sheep and biofactory goats expand horizons of genetic engineering
If GMO plants now occupy 11% of cultivated areas in the world, only one genetically modified animal is currently authorized ...
Viewpoint: Conservation isn’t enough. We need technology to blunt the impacts of climate change
We need direct, technology-driven intervention for conservation ...
As temperatures rise, gene editing helps climate proof the global food supply
“The largest single global change that threatens food security is high temperature,” said Donald Ort, a professor of plant biology ...
Podcast: Lab-grown livers coming soon? Regenerative farming won’t stop climate change; COVID halts gene-therapy studies
Scientists have grown tiny human livers from skin cells and transplanted them into rats, moving us closer to saving thousands ...
Nigerian scientists say ‘smart’ agriculture can help mitigate climate change
Promoting smart agriculture is one step nations can take to help mitigate the negative effects of farming on the climate, ...
African farmers yearn for biotechnology in the face of climate change
Southern Africa is on the receiving end of the devastating impact of climate change, driving millions into hunger. A record ...
As rising oceans encroach on arable land, gene editing, floating farms may help feed the world
A soil biologist and co-director of the University of Sheffield’s Institute for Sustainable Food, [Duncan] Cameron had long known that ...
Viewpoint: Regenerative agriculture—carbon farming—is the ‘feel-good climate solution’ that doesn’t work as promised
Corporations, politicians, and environmentalists have all embraced carbon farming as the feel-good climate solution of the moment. Several leading Democratic ...
Viewpoint: Why the world needs GMOs—4 farmers make the case for biotech crops
The lopsided conversation between experienced farmers and clueless activists has severe consequences ...
Viewpoint: ‘Eat local’ builds community spirit, but it won’t stop climate change
Dissatisfied with the United States’ wasteful and planet-degrading food system, San Franciscan food activists Jessica Prentice and Sage Van Wing ...
Zambia poised to release two drought-tolerant, disease-resistant cowpea varieties
Zambia will soon welcome two new varieties of drought tolerant cowpeas that can produce up to 10 percent more yield ...
Outside of ‘occasional surges’, biodiversity evolution has been largely stagnant for millions of years, studies suggest
The traditional view is that species have increased in diversity continuously over the past 200 million years, particularly in the last ...
Viewpoint: To feed the world with minimal environmental impact, we can’t rely on organic farming
If the goal in farming is feeding an increasing population with least impact, conventional agriculture is the approach most likely ...
Facing record-breaking temperatures, Belgium field tests drought-tolerant corn varieties
The effects of global warming are becoming evident even in Belgium. 2018 was exceptionally warm and dry and the summer ...
Climate change won’t ‘invariably’ cause social collapse—it’s a lot more complicated than that
Currently, global planning bodies are working on their responses to climate and environmental change and public health concerns. Unfortunately, these ...
Can the gene editing technology known as CRISPR help reduce biodiversity loss worldwide?
CRISPR “could be such an amazing tool if we are respectful [and] responsible and use it properly.” ...
COVID-19, climate change may accelerate public acceptance of CRISPR-edited food
Gene editing, like genetic modification, is a technology that has attracted a fair amount of skepticism from European regulators and ...
Do rising carbon dioxide levels dampen our ability to think and make decisions?
As the 21st century progresses, rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations will cause urban and indoor levels of the gas ...
COVID-19 nudges us to rethink our approach to the existential threats of our time
The world as we knew it ended a few months ago. What we have now is a seemingly alien muddle ...
Engineering plants to rapidly repair heat damage could preserve crop yields as climate changes
As plants convert sunlight into sugar, their cells are playing with fire. Photosynthesis generates chemical byproducts that can damage the ...
‘Climate-resilient’ wheat may provide sustainable fiber source, promote gut health
Some new crop varieties are bred to be more nutritious. Others are more resilient, bred to tolerate harsher environmental conditions ...
Synthetic biology will help us feed ourselves with drought-tolerant crops as climate change accelerates
Drought stress has been a long-time limitation to crop production that is being exacerbated by climate change and associated reductions ...
Native Australian plant may help develop disease-resistant crops—and a COVID-19 vaccine
A team from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) spearheaded the genome sequencing of an ancient Australian plant years before ...
Temperature-sensing plant molecule could help breed food crops optimized for changing climate
In a paper published in Nature Communications, a group of cell biologists .... reveal the phytochrome B molecule has unexpected ...
How GMO, gene-edited crops can help feed billions of people without fueling climate change
We face a formidable challenge in the years ahead. We need to reduce [carbon] emissions and also sustain a growing ...
Viewpoint: Regenerative agriculture—An oversold sustainability solution to climate change?
Over the past six months, major food companies, like General Mills, Danone North America, Kellogg, and others, have launched efforts ...
