All posts tagged with Drought

(Natural News) Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed sensors that can be implanted in plant leaves so that it would be easier for humans to identify whether they are in need of water. Michael Strano, the Carbon P. Dubbs professor of chemical engineering at MIT and the senior author of the study, […]

(Natural News) As hurricanes batter Texas, Louisiana, and Florida, a fiery hell burns on through the night in the western United States. The year 2017 is on pace to be the worst year for forest fires. The two main firefighting agencies, the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Department of Interior, have spent more money […]

(Natural News) Scientists continue to genetically engineer plants that are becoming less and less like anything that nature ever intended, and in the process, many of them are overlooking some very useful natural alternatives. One such solution was recently discovered by researchers at Japan’s RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS). After studying a new […]

(Natural News) Most preppers don’t need a good reason to continue improving their chances of survival during any given national or global emergency. However, a new report definitely puts new urgency into doubling and tripling your current readiness efforts. A group of experts led by Adam Liska, a biological engineering professor at the University of […]

(Natural News) As drought conditions continue to spread across the globe, from the 2015 drought in California that swept over 90 percent of the state to South American countries like Brazil, and even nations in Africa — it is clear that water is an ever-increasingly precious resource. Even though the Earth is approximately 70 percent […]

(Natural News) Over a million traders in India have declared that they will be boycotting Coca-Cola, and other beverage giants like PepsiCo, for their exploitation of the country’s water resources. Activists say that in areas like drought-stricken Tamil Nadu, the water use of these big beverage companies is simply unsustainable. Two Indian trade associations are […]

(Natural News) Half of Zimbabwe’s rural population is soon to be devastated by drought conditions and in need of food assistance, if they aren’t already. With rain not expected for several more months, concerns for the nation continue to rise. By next year, five million people are expected to need food assistance, thanks to the […]

(Natural News) For decades, the quality of soil around the world has been decreasing, and that is putting a major strain on clean food production at the same time the global population is rising and drought is spreading. Another result of soil degradation is rising food prices, as fewer acres and hectares of land are […]