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Counting the Vanishing Bees

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Dylan Walsh
A bumblebee gathering pollen from a sunflower. Reuters
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A new method for monitoring the decline in bee populations may prove a useful tool in much-needed conservation efforts. It requires only a few hundred pan traps: bright shallow bowls partly filled with soapy water or propylene glycol.

When United Nations experts noticed that crop production was flagging in seven countries around the world, from Brazil to Nepal, they contacted Gretchen LeBuhn, an associate professor at San Francisco State University who studies bees.

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Global food crisis will worsen as heatwaves damage crops, research finds

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Damian Carrington
Sprinklers water crops in Bakersfield, California, during a heatwave. Photograph: David McNew/Getty Images David McNew/Getty
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The world's food crisis, where 1 billion people are already going hungry and a further 2 billion people will be affected by 2050, is set to worsen as increasing heatwaves reverse the rising crop yields seen over the last 50 years, according to new research.

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Dr Richard Somerville -- What does a climate scientist think we should do about climate change?

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Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Dr Richard Somerville shares a lifetime of research & peer relationships with us on this Special Evening. Hear his unique perspective on the challenge of Climate Change and what needs to be done to alter our course.

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Global Energy Network Institute (GENI)

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GENI's mission is to conduct research and to educate world leaders and the public about the critical viability of the interconnection of electric power networks between nations and continents, with an emphasis on tapping abundant renewable energy resources, what we call 'the GENI Initiative.' Our research shows that linking renewables between all nations will mollify conflicts, grow economies and increase the quality of life and health for all. This is a strategy rooted in the highest priority of the World Game simulation developed by Dr. Buckminster Fuller three decades ago.

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Peter Miesen

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1088 Third Avenue

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San Diego

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CA

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Sustainable Surplus Exchange

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Sustainable Surplus Exchange

A nonprofit organization preventing waste from entering landfills by repurposing surplus supplies back into our community.

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Sue Prelozni

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Carlsbad

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