Archive for May 2019
By making potatoes heat-resistant we can ensure bountiful harvests
By switching off an RNA in plants, we can equip them with the ability to handle climate change better.
Decarbonizing plastics is finally possible
A line of research looks at ways to cut the carbon footprint of plastics down to as little as possible.
The days of pangolins in the wild may well be numbered
Some 38,000 pangolins in Africa were poached and killed for their scales for just two shipments seized in Singapore.
Doing agriculture responsibly can protect wildlife
Thanks to an absence of pesticides Eastern sarus cranes are common again in an area from where they were driven extinct.
Regulatory hurdles challenge Finland’s new carbon-free capacity
Experts believe that the nuclear energy industry is needlessly overregulated, which has slowed down new capacity creation.
The shipping industry will need to cut its emissions
Shipping ranks as one of the most emissions-dependent forms of transportation alongside aviation.