Food Innovation Newsletter U.S. Awards UC Davis with First University Grant for Cultivated Meat Research The cultivated meat industry just got a multi-million dollar boost. But this time, the money didn’t come from a venture capitalist. And the recipient wasn’t a startup company. The U.S. government awarded a total of …
The Science Behind Net Zero
“Ethical markets agrees with this report and highly recommends it and the work of Quantis. ~Hazel Henderson, Editor“ > VISION Reductions or removals? Why science — not just market forces — must shape our pathway to net zero New York Climate Week kicked off with confirmation that corporate net zero …
Worsening rifts and fractures spotted at two of Antarctica’s most important glaciers
Worsening rifts and fractures spotted at two of Antarctica’s most important glaciers 29-09-2020 11:25 AM CEST Satellite imagery has revealed that two of the fastest-changing glaciers in Antarctica are fracturing and weakening faster than ever – the first step towards the glaciers disintegrating and causing sea levels to rise dramatically.
Ice sheet melt on track with ‘worst-case climate scenario
Ice sheet melt on track with ‘worst-case climate scenario’ 08-09-2020 08:40 AM CEST A recent report confirms that ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica, whose mass-loss rates have been rapidly increasing, are matching the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s worst-case sea-level rise scenarios.
Sea-level charting satellite passes with flying colours
Sea-level charting satellite passes with flying colours 21-07-2020 04:10 PM CEST Like students all over the world currently awaiting exam grades, the Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite has also been put through a series of strenuous tests leaving the eyes of the teams involved in this international mission set firmly …
Over 1,200 Scientists Call to Speak ‘Science to Power’ Over Covid and Climat
More than a thousand of the nation’s top scientists say it’s time to speak “science to power,” as Covid-19 deaths rise around the country. More than 1,240 National Academy of Science members are calling on policymakers to restore evidence-based decision-making—especially when it comes to managing life-and-death challenges like the global …
Think Covid-19 Disrupted the Food Chain? Wait and See What Climate Change Will Do
“Another glaring example of the cognitive limitations in the growing debate about the unsustainable global food system , which as our reports show, is limited by the cognitive bias identified by Daniel Kahneman as “theory-induced blindness “leading to the inability to see that current global food supplies are relying on …
Greening The Global Food System
“This video recording of the expert seminar at Arizona State University(ASU), March 5, 2020, was convened to discuss halophyte plants worldwide and their wider adoption for many purposes: 1.) to expand the human food system from its perilous reliance on the planet’s dwindling 3% of freshwater; 2.) opportunities for …
Giant A-68 iceberg three years on
Giant A-68 iceberg three years on 10-07-2020 12:00 PM CEST The colossus iceberg that split from Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf on 12 July 2017 is now in the open waters of the South Atlantic near the South Orkney Islands, about 1050 km from its birthplace. Having lost two chunks …
New This Week: Why is the Northeast America’s Fastest Warming Region? Here Are Some Explanations.
Rhode Island was the first state in the lower 48 whose average annual temperature warmed more than 2 degrees Celsius since 1895. Then New Jersey hit that threshold, which global leaders aim to keep the planet’s warming from exceeding. Next was Connecticut, then Maine and Massachusetts. But why is the …