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Danny OCallaghan

Researchers turn to geoengineering to save Chile's glaciers | GlacierHub - 7 views

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    "When you think of geoengineering, you may be imagining huge mirrors in space, or iron filings being dumped into the ocean. Geoengineering, though, can occur on a smaller scale. Some researchers are proposing small-scale fixes as in an effort to save some of Chile's 3,100 glaciers."
Danny OCallaghan

Wild crop seeds could provide £128bn boost to economy, study shows | Environm... - 3 views

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    "Research strengthens case for storing wild relatives of potato and apple crops to help humans adapt to climate change"
Danny OCallaghan

India named least green country for electric cars | Environment | guardian.co.uk - 1 views

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    Paraguay is the greenest place on earth to make and drive an electric car, according to analysis by independent research group, Shrink That Footprint, which has assessed the impact of grid-powered electric vehicles (EV) in twenty of the world's leading countries.
Danny OCallaghan

Reflecting sunlight into space has terrifying consequences, say scientists | Environmen... - 3 views

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    "Fighting global warming by reflecting sunlight back into space risks "terrifying" consequences including droughts and conflicts, according to three major new analyses of the promise and perils of geoengineering. But research into deliberately interfering with the climate system must continue in search of technology to use as a last resort in combating climate change, scientists have concluded."
Danny OCallaghan

GM institute's website targeted - 0 views

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    The institute conducting a trial of GM wheat in Hertfordshire says its website was taken down by a cyber attack on Sunday. The attack occurred on the day anti-GM protesters gathered at Rothamsted Research institute to "decontaminate" the field of modified wheat. But they were stopped from entering the site of the wheat trial by police.
Ryan Potter

Scientists grow human teeth from mouse cells - 2 views

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    Researchers say hybrid of human gum cells and mouse stem cells raises possibility of growing new teeth on patient's jaw
Danny OCallaghan

GM crops around the world in 2011 - map | Environment | guardian.co.uk - 8 views

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      This will be useful for your extended research homework next term
Taylor McGirr

Open data: how mobile phones saved bananas from bacterial wilt in Uganda - 3 views

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    Bananas are a staple food in Uganda. Ugandans eat more of the fruit than any other country in the world. Each person eats on average 700g (about seven small bananas) a day, according to the International Food Policy Research Institute, and they provide up to 27% of the population's calorie intake.
Danny OCallaghan

Geoengineering could bring severe drought to the tropics, research shows | Environment ... - 10 views

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    "Study models impact on global rainfall when artificial volcanic eruptions are created in a bid to reverse climate change"
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