Africa has 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land, and has the potential to become an agricultural hub by applying agri-tech and futurist thinking. Lessons from a Canadian food economy. “Our food system is broken.” And Africa is no exception.“Just consider that 30 percent of all food produced doesn’t make it to the plate. Much […]
Democratic Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday released a new clean energy proposal that would reduce the state's greenhouse gas emissions 25% below 1990 levels by 2035, eliminating over 80 million metric tons of carbon.The package of legislation addresses five policy goals: 100% clean energy by 2045, transitioning to electric transportation, adding a clean fuel standard, constructing […]
In the works to bid farewell to non-renewable energy, Egypt has taken 2018 to be its gateway to new and renewable energy, most prominently by building a hydroelectricity power plant, a nuclear power plant, a wind farm, and a solar power plant. Ending the year on a positive note, Egypt Today looks at these four power […]
Organically farmed food has a bigger climate impact than conventionally farmed food, due to the greater areas of land required. This is the finding of a new international study involving Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, published in the journal Nature. The researchers developed a new method for assessing the climate impact from land-use, and used this, […]
SNOQUALMIE PASS — Before descending the Cascade Mountains on its final stretch to Seattle, Interstate 90 cuts through a mountain pass of old growth forests and wetlands. For countless wildlife species, the busy highway is a border, constraining their movements and posing a fatal risk should they dare to cross it.“Everything from an elk down […]
Why are factories still allowed to use our rivers as their personal trash cans? Plastic waste poses one of the biggest threats to the environment, with more than eight million tons of plastic making its way into our oceans every year. Nowhere is the extent of this pollution more evident than in the Bay of Bengal, […]
Fire and water. Timeless, opposing forces, they are actually linked in powerful ways that can have major impacts on common communities and ecosystems.d ecosystems. The 2011 Las Conchas mega-fire in New Mexico burned more than 150,000 acres and threatened the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Now, using data from the fire, researchers at Los Alamos have created […]
A new study found lead was in more than 50 percent of spice samples.Spices are often hailed as a healthy way to prevent adding excessive salt or fats to flavor meals. But a new report found some spices can potentially cause health problems through lead exposure. The study, which was published in the Journal of Public […]
A two-year-old US girl who needs several blood transfusions to fight cancer has spurred a global campaign to search for compatible donors.Zainab Mughal has one of the rarest blood types in the world, which makes it difficult to treat her condition.Campaigners say more than 1,000 people have been tested, but only three so far have […]
magine a gardener, plant explorer, geneticist, and computer specialist all rolled into one job. You might call that person a steward of plant genetic resources.Plant genetic resources are any plant materials, such as seeds, fruits, cuttings, pollen, and other organs and tissues from which plants can be grown. The stewards are the breeders, researchers, farmers, […]
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