Rising CO2 Levels Are Sapping Staple Crops Of Their Protein & Iron Content
We already know how prolonged drought, high heat and heavy rains prompted by climate change can wreak havoc on agriculture. But there is more disturbing news.
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan Announces World’s First National Park City
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched plans to turn his city into the world’s first National Park City and one of the greenest cities on Earth, including the creation of a £9 million fund to increase the cities’ trees and green infrastructure, and a proposal to build more green roofs, walls, and rain gardens.
Beans For Beef: The Climate Change Initiative That Anyone Can Do (#GreenSunday)
Our #FakePresident has removed the United States from the Paris climate accords, leading some Americans to experience ecoanxiety. That’s a relatively new term that the American Psychological Association has used to describe the feelings of dread and helplessness that follow from “watching the slow and seemingly irrevocable impacts of climate change unfold, and worrying about the future for oneself, children, and later generations.” As it turns out, there is something any one of us can do and it involves no marches on Washington or angry letters to elected officials. All we have to do is eat beans instead of beef.
Flash Drought In US High Plains May Have Already Destroyed Half Of This Year’s Wheat…
The “flash drought” that came out of nowhere this summer in the US High Plains, afflicting Montana and the Dakotas the worst, has already destroyed more than half of this year’s wheat crop, going by some recent field surveys. Considering that the region is now one of the top wheat-growing regions in the world, the damage is very notable.
“Drawdown” — The Definitive Guide To Combating Climate Change
Drawdown, edited by Paul Hawken, studies 100 ways to reduce or reverse the pace of climate change. Electric cars are #49. The top choices will surprise you.
US Energy Dept. Goes Rogue On Biofuel, Celebrates Bio-Based Economy
So, this is weird. In one corner, you have US President* Donald J. Trump talking up the fossil fuel industry and denying climate change, and meanwhile his Department of Energy is touting a breakthrough in biofuel production and dropping another $40 million on new research aimed at ramping up the bio-based economy of the future.
Protein From Solar Energy & Carbon Dioxide Could Slow The Pace Of Climate Change
Scientists in Finland have found a way to make protein in the laboratory from electricity and carbon dioxide. The process could reduce the effects of agriculture on a global warming while preventing famines.
Study: Water Stress To Drive Severe Reductions In US Crop Yields By 2050 In “Hotspots”
Agricultural yields in certain “hot spots” within the US will be severely diminished by 2050 as a result of the impact that climate change will have on water availability and irrigation, according to a new study from MIT.
How One Engineer Is Using Old Cell Phones to Stop Illegal Logging (VIDEO)
Each cell phone is protected by a plastic case and powered by a small solar array. A highly sensitive microphone records the sounds of the rainforest, which is sent to the cloud to be analyzed. When it hears a chainsaw, it sends a text or email to authorities.
Berlin Startup Infarm Aims To Put Tiny Vertical Farms In Grocery Stores
The future of fresh local produce could include distributed farming, with more foods being grown in smaller systems right near the point of sale, instead of everything being shipped in from larger growing operations.
