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Can GM crops really “feed the world”? Challenging the Flawed Premise Behind Pushing GMOs into Indian Agriculture

A common claim is that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are essential to agriculture if we are to feed an ever-growing global population.

GM in India: Faking it on the Astroturf

According to a recent report in The Hindu Business Line, India’s intelligence agencies are investigating the role of a global investment company and international seed companies in supporting farmers organisation Shetkari Sanghatana (SS) in the distribution of illegally procured genetically modified (GM) herbicide tolerant (HT) cotton seeds. The planting

Sanctions, Security and the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline

The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, construction of which is intended to transport 55 billion cubic metres of Russian gas to Germany per year under the Baltic Sea, is a ragbag of options and promises. The fruit of a deal between Berlin and Moscow, it has troubled those within Russia,

Connecting the Dots

“Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.” Lenin – Letters from Afar Many on the left seem to have forgotten that capitalism is actually bad. That the reason the planet sinks under the weight of pollution and militarism

Mushrooms, The New Plastic

Mushrooms can easily be viewed as natures recycling system. They have been around for billions of years and they greatly help to improve soil quality. They are effective as natures recycling system

IKEA Plans To Switch From Styrofoam Packaging To A Mushroom-Based Alternative

Styrofoam is harmful to our planet, which is why it's great to see IKEA switching all styrofoam packaging products to a compostable mushroom-based alternative.

Copenhagen: Life in the Slow Lane

Indian cities are in crisis.

Pesticides in the Dock: Ecological Apocalypse but Business as Usual

Readers are urged to access the full report containing all relevant citations here. In a new paper published in King’s Law Journal – The Chemical Anthropocene: Glyphosate as a Case Study of Pesticide Exposures – the authors Alessandra Arcuri and Yogi Hale Hendlin state: As the science against glyphosate safety mounts

Materials that can revolutionize how light is harnessed for solar energy: Researchers develop new design rule for generating excitons will help advance next-generation devices

In a study published this month in Nature Chemistry, the team details the design of organic molecules that are capable of generating two excitons per photon of light, a process called singlet fission. The excitons are produced rapidly and can live for much longer than those generated from their inorganic

Roadmap for detecting changes in ocean due to climate change: Some impacts -- like sea temperature rise -- are already in progress; others expected to occur within next century

The study looked at physical and chemical changes to the ocean that are associated with rising atmospheric carbon dioxide due to human activities.

Mysterious release of radioactive material uncovered

Among the 70 experts from all over Europe who contributed data and expertise to the current study are Dieter Hainz and Dr.

Near-Earth asteroid 2006 QV89 not a threat for next century: Critical observation made on Maunakea during first night of return to operations

Observations of the near-Earth asteroid 2006 QV89 made on August 11 with the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) have ruled out any potential future impact threat to Earth by this asteroid for the next century. 2006 QV89 was discovered on August 29, 2006, with a telescope in Arizona, and observations were only

Hurricanes drive the evolution of more aggressive spiders

Raging winds can demolish trees, defoliate entire canopies and scatter debris across forest floors, radically altering the habitats and reshaping the selective pressures on many organisms, suggests a new study published today in the journal Nature Ecology Evolution. "It is tremendously important to understand the environmental impacts of these 'black

July 2019 was hottest month on record for the planet: Polar sea ice melted to record lows

Here's a closer look into NOAA's latest monthly global climate report: Climate by the numbers: July 2019 The average global temperature in July was 1.71 degrees F above the 20th-century average of 60.4 degrees, making it the hottest July in the 140-year record, according to scientists at NOAA's