Solar-Powered Water Purification
Researchers have developed a water purification device that is powered only by the sun. Continue reading Solar-Powered Water Purification
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Global warming threatens most of the world’s wheat production, and the Paris Agreement cannot prevent it
Study predicts that global warming will affect 60% of the world’s wheat-growing areas by 2100, even if the Paris Agreement’s targets are met. Damage would be global but developing countries and low-income regions likely to suffer most as rising temperatures affect global food production.
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Hydroponics: The power of water to grow food
by Valentina Lagomarsino figures by Rebecca Senft In the year 600 B.C.E., the climate was arid and dry along the Euphrates River in Western Asia, but there were lush gardens climbing up the walls of the metropolis, Babylon. It is believed that the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were surviving through a pulley-system of water from the river, a technique of agricultural that today is known … Continue reading Hydroponics: The power of water to grow food