climate change
Young scientists urge New Zealand’s Green Party to embrace CRISPR for ‘sake of the climate’
Recently, there has been a shift in society's view of genetic modification and its potential applications in the fight against ...
Engineered molecule could protect key food crops from intensifying droughts as climate changes
An engineered small molecule called opabactin that targets the receptor for the hormone abscisic acid (ABA), which plants release in ...
Rodale Institute lashes out at Swedish study that finds yield shortfall, increased land use, ‘huge climate change downside’ in organic farming
Not surprisingly, the debate over organic versus conventional farming is heavily polarized in academic circles .... In December 2018, researchers ...
Simple test could speed development of drought-tolerant wheat as climate change accelerates
Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU), ARC Center of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, and CSIRO Agriculture and Food ...
If Britain and Wales went 100% organic, crop yields would crash by half and carbon emissions would double, UK study shows
Greenhouse gas emissions would go up if all farms in England and Wales went organic. Though the emissions of individual ...
CRISPR avocados could withstand climate change, but political, scientific roadblocks remain
[In August], a team of scientists .... announced that it had mapped the DNA sequences of several types of avocados ...
Newly identified protein could help safeguard plants against climate change
A team of scientists from the United States announced that they have identified the protein in plants responsible for its ...
Viewpoint: Don’t ‘oversell’ veganism as the only solution to climate change
Meat consumption plays a huge role in global warming, producing nearly 15% of all carbon dioxide emissions, even more than ...
Viewpoint: Don’t expect synthetic biology to reverse climate change. But it could help, if we use it correctly.
There are several ways in which synthetic biology may have a positive contribution to our carbon footprint ...
Viewpoint: Hectoring Americans to go vegan will do ‘almost nothing’ to combat climate change
Eating meat is bad for the climate—or at least that was one of the main conclusions highlighted in a flood ...
Viewpoint: Don’t buy organic food if you want to increase farm yields or seriously address climate change
As consumers, our most climate-responsible buying behavior should be to reject organic and its false narratives ...
Biofuel from GMO trees could cut global oil use, but EU biotech rules slow development
The looming threat of climate change is increasing the pressure to reduce our consumption of fossil fuels. New technologies to ...
High-yielding desert crops? Soil-free growing system could boost food security in world’s arid regions
A lush, green mat of fresh animal fodder is an unlikely sight in the harsh Sahara Desert, but a project ...
As the ocean heats up, coral reproduction is thrown out of step
Bad timing for coral sex might be an underappreciated threat of climate change. Spawning is out of sync for at ...
Genes from wild wheat could boost domesticated crop yields as global food demand explodes
Wild relatives of food crops, such as wheat, host an abundant array of genetic material to help the plants cope ...
Viewpoint: Paper straws, vegan diets won’t stop climate change—but sustainable ‘bioproducts’ might
Are you slurping through a paper straw, searching for the next green product that will save the planet? Sorry to ...
Developing countries likely to boost CO2 emissions to combat hunger, study finds
Achieving an adequate, healthy diet in most low-income countries will require a substantial increase in greenhouse gas emissions and water ...
Flood-tolerant crops could survive intense rainfall as climate change accelerates
Global warming has resulted not only in increased incidences of drought and heatwaves but also increased rainfall which brings higher ...
Can indoor farming surmount agriculture’s biggest challenges?
A car park opposite the infamous New York City housing estate where rapper Jay-Z grew up seems an unlikely place ...
Climate change boosted banana production for 60 years, but hotter temperatures could finally cut yield gains
Climate change could negatively impact banana cultivation in some of the world’s most important producing and exporting countries, a study ...
GMO ryegrass could help mitigate climate change, but research, regulatory hurdles remain
AgResearch principal scientist Dr Greg Bryan recently returned from the United States where the Crown Research Institute is conducting field ...
Climate change’s silver lining? Longer growing seasons boost farm productivity in some regions
Depending on your side of the aisle, climate change either elicits doomsday anxiety or unabashed skepticism. Jason Hubbart, director of ...
Infographic: GMO crops ‘wreck’ the environment, human health? Latest evidence says otherwise
"GMOs are not saving farmers money, they're not producing higher yields, and perhaps most significantly they're wrecking the environment and ...
Viewpoint: False equivalency: When journalism’s quest for balance goes awry—science says climate change, vaccines have only one side
On matters of science, a well‐meaning desire to present all views equally can be a Trojan horse for damaging falsehoods ...
Forest biotech scientists lobby against GMO tree ban to promote sustainable forestry
A group of leading forest biotechnology scientists from around the world call for the reassessment of all sustainable forestry certification ...
Viewpoint: Want to fight climate change? Embrace GMOs, don’t ban them
The fight against climate change has become one of the most widely discussed topics in the UK and globally. And ...
Podcast: Bridging the gap between farmers and consumers on GMOs, sustainable agriculture
Agronomist and entrepreneur Robert Saik has a lifetime of experience in farming. For years, he has been a leading advocate ...
