Looking towards oceans to tackle water crisis.

According to scientists a quick fix solution to the water scarcity problem would be to desalinate sea water. Currently more than a billion people are living with water scarcity and the number could go up to 1.8 billion by 2025, because of drought caused by climate change.. According to a case study recently published in the Economist,  over 97% of water is too salty for human consumption and only a fraction of the remainder is easily accessible in rivers, lakes or groundwater. Read more...

Impact of climate change on microbes could adversely effect the food chain.

Scientists are warning  that climate change will  impact  microbial populations which in turn will  have an adverse impact on global ecosystems. Rising temperatures may be reducing microbial carbon dioxide production but rising levels of carbon dioxide due to human activity can cause slight but important shifts in the composition of microbial populations. This could have an enormous impact on the food chain since  microbes are an important source of food for the small animals that feed on  plants.  Read more...

In aid of food security, a step towards tackling globalization

Just a few days ahead of the FAO's conference on World Food Security and Global Challenges in Rome, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda addressed a gathering of 52 African nations in Tokyo. He pledged Japan’s expertise to bring about a "Green Revolution" in Africa to make the continent food secure. He said Japan will work with an aim to double the current rice production output of 14 million tons, over the next ten years. Japan's initiative on this front poses a stiff challenge to the centuries-old policies of the Anglo-European colonial powers.   Read more...

Climate change, to be a part of the India-US bilateral research agenda.

The union cabinet gave its approval to an agreement that will double the number of scholars exchanged with the United States of America under the Fulbright educational exchange programme.  Initially the Indian government plans to sponsor  about 240 students from India and a similar number from the USA. This programme is also supportive of the Indo-US initiatives of 2005-2006 i.e. research and capacity building  in agriculture, clean energy, climate change, science and technology and other  global issues of common concern.   Read more...