Lifeboat Foundation News Blog: Agriculture

Archive for the ‘Agriculture’ tag

Jun 29, 2017

New study explores plant adaptations to drought and cold stress | Phys.org

Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: complex systems, environmental, science

“Understanding interactions between different gene networks, which are evolved to respond to different stressors, and understanding natural variation in these responses could have important agricultural applications in challenging environments.”

Tag: Agriculture

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Feb 4, 2016

Astronauts and Arugula: Using Space-Station Technology to Grow Food — By Davina van Buren | Modern Farmer / smithsonian.com

Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: human trajectories, science, space, space travel

“Unlike other vertical farms that use market-ready technology, Romano developed Infinite Harvest’s proprietary building management system from the ground up, using his knowledge of space habitat design.

Tags: Agriculture, Vertical farm

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Jul 23, 2015

2015 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium | July 26–31, 2015 | Milan, Italy

Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: big data, complex systems, computing, food, information science, machine learning, mapping, space, surveillance, sustainability

Hosted by the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2015 (IGARSS 2015) will be held from Sunday July 26th through Friday July 31th, 2015 at the Convention Center in Milan, Italy. This is the same town of the EXPO 2015 exhibition, whose topic is “Feeding the planet: energy for life”.

Tags: Agriculture, environment, Natural disasters, Oceans, Remote sensing

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