Agriculture – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Thu, 06 Jul 2017 06:00:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 New study explores plant adaptations to drought and cold stress | Phys.org https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/06/new-study-explores-plant-adaptations-to-drought-and-cold-stress-phys-org Thu, 29 Jun 2017 12:13:38 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=70541

“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.”

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]]> Astronauts and Arugula: Using Space-Station Technology to Grow Food — By Davina van Buren | Modern Farmer / smithsonian.com https://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/02/astronauts-and-arugula-using-space-station-technology-to-grow-food-by-davina-van-buren-modern-farmer-smithsonian-com Fri, 05 Feb 2016 04:03:34 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=21624 infinite-harvest.jpg__800x600_q85_crop

“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.

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]]> 2015 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium | July 26–31, 2015 | Milan, Italy https://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/07/2015-ieee-international-geoscience-and-remote-sensing-symposium-july-26-31-2015-milan-italy Fri, 24 Jul 2015 02:16:37 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=15664 MilanPhotoCollage_md

 

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”.

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