News – Sayfa 116

What Does the Future Hold for Genetically Modified Cotton?

08/08/2013

GM’s opponents may not be won over, and GM remains excluded from those ‘niche’ markets where organic and Fairtrade standards hold sway.

Japan Earthquake 2013: 6.0-Magnitude Quake Shakes Northeast, No Tsunami Risk

08/07/2013

The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 struck shortly after midday.

As Cost of Importing Food Soars, Jamaica Turns to the Earth

08/07/2013

Across the Caribbean, food imports have become a budget-busting problem …

Shanghai Heat Wave Hits Record High of 105 Degrees Fahrenheit, Killing at Least 10

08/06/2013

Authorities at the Shanghai Municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention announced that at least ten victims of heat stroke have been pronounced dead since this past Friday.

Young Philanthropists And Social Entrepreneurs From 70 Countries Mobilize At The U.N. To Solve Global Challenges

08/06/2013

”What I love about Nexus is how it brings people together who blur the lines between philanthropy and business, entrepreneurship and humanitarianism”.

United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization Urges Developing Countries to Ban Hazardous Pesticides

08/05/2013

The FAO hopes that the recent deaths will force India’s government to implement a stronger control on pesticide distribution.

Lobster Cannibalism: Crustaceans Starting To Eat Each Other, Probably Because Of Climate Change

08/05/2013

After repeated experiments, scientists concluded that juvenile lobsters were 90 percent more likely to be attacked and eaten by adult lobsters than by any other type of fish.

Dead Zone the Size of Connecticut Blossoms in Gulf of Mexico

08/02/2013

A dead zone is an area where oxygen levels in the water drop so low that most forms of life cannot survive.

Colombian cotton farming deteriorates with dip in demand

08/02/2013

…during the last three years, the profitability and competitiveness of cotton cultivation has seriously deteriorated.

How Global Warming Is Spreading Toxic Dust

08/01/2013

Pollution problems from the past rise to the surface, thanks to climate change

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