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Can the Earth feed 11 billion people? Four reasons to fear a Malthusian future
2015-08-25 16:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Conversation: Humanity is on course for a population greater than 11 billion by the end of this century, according to the latest analysis from the UNs population division. In a simple sense, population is the root cause of all sustainability issues. Clearly if there were no humans there would be no human impacts. Assuming you dont wish to see the complete end of the human race a desire that is shared by some deep green thinkers and Bond super-villians then the issue is whether there is an optimal number...
Hexa Research forecasts $10.96B global rare earth elements market by 2020
2015-08-25 13:55:54| Green Car Congress
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Startup in biotech adds two base pairs to genetic code and life on earth may never be the same
2015-08-24 18:16:04| Extremetech
It took evolution a billion years to devise the four-letter chemical code of DNA. Now for the first time in recorded history, organisms with a new, expanded, genetic code are taking shape in the laboratory.
Why climate change pushing Earth boreal forests tipping point
2015-08-22 14:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Monitor: International policy makers should set their sights on the protection of boreal forests, international forestry experts argued this week in an article published Thursday in the journal Science. The article was part of a special issue on forests released before the World Forestry Congress is held in September. Boreal forests have the potential to hit a tipping point this century, said Anatoly Shvidenko, a researcher scholar with the Ecosystems Services and Management Program at Austria's International...
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Berkeley Earth study calculates that air pollution contributes to 1.6M deaths per year in China
2015-08-14 12:55:33| Green Car Congress
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