Over the past few years, food prices have gone up nearly two-fold, and experts have been scrambling to explain the phenomenon. In a new analysis, they managed to identify the factors that led to this situation. Starvation is now running rampant all over the world. Scientists agree that global warming, diminishing wat... |
6 June 2011
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Food experts agree that the way people and nations approach food needs to drastically change, if a global shortage is to be avoided over the coming decades. Although, statistically speaking, the world produces far more food than it needs, there are still billions of people who do not have access to it and starve to d... |
28 December 2008
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The tremendous amounts of fossil fuel burnt by developing Asian countries, including China and India, are the main source for the newest threat posed by pollution, namely brown clouds. These clouds, made up of soot, dust particles, and a great diversity of chemicals spilled into the atmosphere by various factories, s... |
14 November 2008
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Though the decline in bee populations has been well-documented worldwide, a recent study in the prestigious journal Current Biology says that the food supply is not yet in any immediate danger. Modern agricultural practices have constantly increased yields since the 1960s, when the food production finally surpassed d... |
11 November 2008
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