Use of Biotechnology-The Future of Cotton Yield

Agriculture scientists can improve cotton yield through the use of bio-technology in breeding programmes of cotton, said Dr Aslam Bhutti, Regulatory Scientist BASF America. Addressing a seminar on “Genetics Changes in Cotton and Needs of 21th Century” organized by Evyol and Central Cotton Research Institute (CCRI) jointly, here, he said that Pakistan could be brought

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Use of Plastic for High Yield in Agriculture

A new degradable plastic film that is less than the width of a human hair is helping to regenerate native trees and establish high-value crops. Professor Peter Halley and QUT’s Emeritus Professor Graeme George with the award. The new technology, developed by a team in partnership with the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Polymers, with

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World temperature could rise rapidly by 2020

Global warming could occur more quickly than expected, according to a new model by University of Queensland and Griffith University researchers. The model is the first to include ‘energy use per person’ as a predictive factor rather than focusing solely on economies or populations.  It forecasts that population and economic growth combined with rising energy use per person could

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Why Cheap Oil is the Key to Beating Climate Change – Mitchell Anderson

As world leaders enter the home stretch of the Paris climate negotiations they should keep in mind a key measure of success in limiting carbon emissions: cheap oil. The lower the global price of oil, the more it stays in the ground – due to the brutal, if counterintuitive, logic of the petroleum marketplace. Most

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