Chinese scientists growing rice using sea water, might be able to ‘feed the entire Arab world’
A team of Chinese scientists have achieved success in developing a specific strain of rice that grows in the deserts of Dubai using salt water. Also, this particular strain yields far more rice than the average freshwater-dependent strains. In January this year, the team of researchers was invited by representatives of the United Arab Emirates to plant some of the salt-tolerant rice in different patches of the...
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These students from Bengaluru developed a ‘FLoBoT’ to save the city’s polluted water bodies
Pranav Shikarpur and Siddharth Viswanath, two students from Bengaluru, India, learnt about the extent of water pollution in their city’s lakes back in 2016 and decided to do something to change the situation. However, they discovered that cleaning up the lakes did not just require tackling pollution, but also gathering information about the source and extent of pollution. So with that in mind, the students...
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Grading food items based on their environmental impact? Well, it might soon be a reality in Denmark!
The grocery stores in Denmark might soon be selling food items whose packaging reveals their environmental impact. Under this commendable initiative, food grades would be based on- The amount of transportation a particular food item required to reach the shelves, How much water was used to make the product, Which pesticides were used on its exterior, The environmental impact of the packaging, and The amount of...
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