Robert Kopp – Institute of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
The Terrifying Unknowns of an Exotic Invasive Tick
Center for Vector Biology
The Climate Apocalypse Is Now, and It’s Happening to You
Robert Kopp, Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
How Engineering the Climate Could Mess With Our Food
Alan Robock – Department of Environmental Sciences
Ocean Acidification Could Be a Net Positive for Some Fish
Grace Saba – Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
How Engineering Earth’s Climate Could Seriously Imperil Life
Alan Robock – Department of Environmental Sciences
Spraying Mosquitoes by Plane Ain’t Perfect, But It’s the Best We’ve Got for Zika
Karl Malamud-Roam, IR-4 Project, Public Health Pesticides Program
China hates GMOs. Problem is, China really needs GMOs
China has a fifth of the world’s people, but only about 7 percent of its arable land. Food security is a national obsession – so it only seemed natural when, earlier this month, state-owned ChemChina announced its bid to buy the pesticide- and seed-producing giant Syngenta, in what is likely to be the biggest acquisition in the country’s history. Technology, the Party seemed to say, and especially genetically modified crops, are the key to a sustainable future. “There was a widespread public fear that, ‘Oh, maybe they’re trying to sneak this through too!'” says Carl Pray, an economist at Rutgers who has researched Chinese attitudes toward GMOs.