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"With little water, scorching temperatures, and not much arable land, the UAE currently imports 80% of its food. Can it go local? In an industrial park built off a highway in the arid land between Abu Dhabi and Dubai, a sprawling new indoor farm will soon grow tomatoes under LED lights in a climate-controlled warehouse near a plastic production facility and other factories. The farm, the first in the world to commercially grow tomatoes solely under artificial light, is one part of a push to transform food production in the United Arab Emirates, where 80% of food is imported. The government realizes that to be resilient, it will need to find new ways to grow food in a desert climate with little rain and temperatures that regularly stay above 100 degrees."

Magnifica iniciativa abierta a la participación de cualquier persona para crear vídeos de 3 minutos de difusión de las Ciencias de la Tierra. Hay una sección específica donde se invita a participar a centros de E. Primaria y de E. Secundaria "ON THE ROCKS is the first geological video contest for everybody. You should participate with a creative, informal video, where you explain your research, passions or new ideas regarding the Earth, in only 180 seconds. We are looking for passionate contributions by utilizing for example animations, stop-motions, cartoons, time-lapse, interviews, music, poems, dance to demonstrate for a wider public of non-specialists. It should focus on the wonders, dangers and surprises of an adventurous, geological journey, which could take place indoor, outdoor, in a lab, in the mountains, at sea or in the outer space. The potential contributors should therefore be from the scientific community, but could also be passionate and professional multimedia storytellers."

"Hace diez años, los adolescentes argentinos se conectaban a internet 30 minutos por día. Hoy, 7 de cada 10 no apagan nunca su celular, incluso cuando duermen", describe. En Colombia, según una investigación realizada por Tigo Une y la Universidad Eafit este año, el promedio nacional se establece en una hora con 46 minutos para los niños de 9 a 10 años, dos horas y 34 minutos para los de 11 a 12 años, cuatro horas con 19 minutos para los adolescentes de entre 13 y 14 años, y de cinco horas y cinco minutos para los jóvenes de 15 a 16 años."