Are policy initiatives improving air pollution in Europe’s two megacities? A new study, slated for publication in the June 2019 edition of Environmental Pollution, suggests that while nitrogen dioxide (NO2)
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Climate-induced changes in rainfall will affect staple crops even if greenhouse gas emissions are radically reduced to meet targets set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement, according to a new
Last week, saw “SIA 2019” take place in Paris, the codename for the 55th edition of the International Agricultural Show. This event, in addition to being loved and acclaimed by
When it comes to climate, the carbon tax represents a major leverage point. However, the methods used to apply it can make it both the best and the worst of
This article was originally published by our partner website, Wszystko co najważniejsze. Zhudong, Espoo, Bilbao, Cambridge, Munich are the cities where the largest organisations dealing with applied research and
If greenhouse gases continue to rise at current rates, at least 50 per cent of the global population will be exposed to two particularly dangerous disease-spreading mosquitoes — Aedes aegypti
A second person may have been cured of HIV, ten years after the first patient, Timothy Ray Brown, known as the “Berlin patient”, received a similar stem cell transplant and
Scientists have developed a single-step gene editing process that can increase corn yields. The new technique uses pollen to transfer the components of CRISPR-Cas9 into another plant allowing them to
The idea of replacing petroleum products with alternative fuels produced from agriculture dates back to the 1973 and 1979 oil crises. But apart from the development of bioethanol from cane
Technology is making agriculture more efficient, however, technological advances may not be enough to counteract the impacts of an increasing global population on the environment. Rapid population growth and more