Monsanto buys big data weather company to boost yields and profit
Agriculture giant Monsanto has announced acquisition of the Climate Corporation, a climate data research company, expecting that its info will help farmers maximize crop yields...
Tag: Ecology
‘Alarming’ presence of radioactivity found by Pennsylvania fracking wastewater study
Researchers have found high levels of radioactivity, salts, and metals in water and sediment located downstream from a treatment facility which processes fracking wastewater from...
StarLink resurfaces: GM corn banned decade ago found in Saudi Arabia
AFP Photo / Paul J. Richards The Saudi Arabian food chain has been widely contaminated with GM ingredients, according to a new study. The findings...
Air pollution cause of 200,000 premature US deaths – study
Smoke is released into the sky at the ConocoPhillips oil refinery in San Pedro, California (Reuters/Bret Hartman) Air pollution in major US cities is the...