A new study published on 10 October in the journal Nature has found that sustainably feeding the world population, estimated to reach 10 billion by 2050, is achievable but only
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California-based company Iron Ox has just launched its first fully autonomous farm, run entirely by robots and artificial intelligence (AI). The agritech startup seems to have taken precision farming to a
Latest IPCC climate report paints a dreary picture, but does it go far enough? Some climate experts say, no
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The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released on 8 October paints a truly bleak picture of the detrimental impacts that could result from allowing the global mean
Two separate studies published on 8 October in Nature Medicine have successfully used modified CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technologies to correct gene mutations associated two genetically inherited metabolic disorders, phenylketonuria and
Scientists in the US are working toward virus-infected insects that would be dispersed in fields to genetically engineer agricultural crops as part of an ongoing programme funded by the US Defense
A paper published in the journal Joule on 4 October presents the most accurate model yet of how increasing wind power could affect climate change (1). Wind power reduces emissions
A new agreement signed in Greenland on 3 October has banned commercial fishing across much of the Arctic for at least the next 16 years. The international deal aims to
A new study published on 2 October in Nature Communications shows that anthropogenic warming will increase the burned areas due to fires in Mediterranean Europe (1). However, the findings suggest this
EU industry ministers have signed off on a €1 billion project to build the world’s fastest computer by 2023 in an effort to compete with China, the US, and Japan.
Freshwater fishes are among the most threatened groups of vertebrates and it is estimated that 39% of all European fish species face extinction within this century. During the early 2000s,