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Fish farming now supplies, by some estimates, 30 percent
of the fish consumed by humans. However, results from a new Stanford computer simulation indicate that pollution from fish farms travels farther, and in higher concentrations, than had been assumed.
Tagged: conservation, fish, food, Environment & Sustainability, Engineering
Rapidly warming climate is likely to seriously alter crop yields in the
tropics and subtropics by the end of this century and, without
adaptation, leave half of the world's population facing serious food
shortages, according to a study published in the Jan. 9 edition of the
journal Science.
Tagged: climate change, farming, food, International Initiative, poverty, Environment & Sustainability, International Issues, Earth Sciences
While global food prices have doubled or tripled over the past 12-18 months, the situation could dramatically worsen if climate change decreases crop yields. Stanford researchers are assessing potential impacts of climate change and evaluating potential agricultural adaptations to minimize the risk to the global food system.
Tagged: climate change, food, poverty, Environment & Sustainability, Human Health, International Issues, Earth Sciences
Stanford researchers demonstrate how high energy prices and policies that promote biofuels result in higher food prices, examining in detail the potential global effects of biofuels expansion in four countries for four crops.
Tagged: biofuels, conservation, food, Environment & Sustainability, International Issues
Over a span of two decades, warming temperatures caused annual losses
of roughly $5 billion for major food crops, according to a study
published in the online journal Environmental Research Letters.
Tagged: climate change, farming, food, Environment & Sustainability, International Issues, Humanities & Sciences
Could hundreds of millions of acres of abandoned agricultural land help ease the energy crunch without worsening the world food shortage or contributing to global warming?
Tagged: biofuels, farming, food, Environment & Sustainability, International Issues, Humanities & Sciences
Rosamond Naylor and Walter Falcon confront the global food crisis, urging the United States to alter its current policies on biofuels, international food aid and agricultural research.
Tagged: biofuels, conservation, economics, energy, food, poverty, Environment & Sustainability, Human Health, Earth Sciences, Faculty