The concerns about genetically modified foods are well known. But when we look at population and climate projections, what happens if we don’t use them to increase our food supply?
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The country is fast becoming a world leader in conservation biology.
The need for a solution to e-waste disposal is more urgent than ever.
Large reserves in shallow waters mean the islands won’t remain pristine forever.
Why forensic investigators and evolutionary scientists love these blood-sucking insects.
Why the rush to replace the Safe Harbour datasharing agreement with something just as leaky? It smacks of placing transatlantic trade over European privacy.
New study maps the spread of ‘deformed wing virus’ – and it follows patterns of human trade.
We need to break up the industry, not focus on creating a disease-resistant ‘superbanana’.
Even leaving glass bottles out for collection carries a social stigma.
They spread disease and misery and account for millions of deaths every year. There’s not a lot to be said for mosquitoes.
The IMF wants a levy on ship and plane fuel, but that won’t magically create low-carbon alternatives.
Too much fertiliser can kill all life in parts of the ocean. It has happened before – and could do so again.
The upcoming TTIP trade agreement could force EU to liberalise GM regulations such as labelling.
Fungi that live inside plants can fight off nasty insect pests.
Why we won’t see a Planet of the Apes when humans are gone.
Prepare for misinformation and grand talk of scientific conspiracies.
The Urban Heat Island is an inevitable outcome of urbanisation – but as the Earth gets warmer, that’s cause for concern.
Changes in ocean temperatures are driving unusual weather patterns across Europe.
But it’s been millions of years since carbon in the atmosphere last warmed the planet to this extent.
How new technologies and changing attitudes are enabling people and great whites to live together.
It didn’t turn out well for the whale who went to Westminster, but others have made a happy home in British waters.
Environmental campaigners have employed an argument that they were forced into ‘illegal’ action but judges are still not buying it.
Garden cities are the best of town and country combined and could be part of the answer to the housing crisis.
Numerous milestones have been reached over the past year as the coal is ditched for lower-carbon alternatives.
There’s no need for manufactured debates about a new geological era – we should just get on with the business of solving our problems.