global food shortage Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 30 Sep 2015 06:22:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Smart Floating Farms Could Revolutionize Food Production https://www.greenoptimistic.com/smart-floating-farms/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/smart-floating-farms/#respond Wed, 30 Sep 2015 06:22:04 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=56834 To fight the impending food crisis, an architecture company in Barcelona has come up with a design for a floating farm. As the global population rises and both land and water become scarce, sustainable farming will become even more difficult than it is now. Smart Floating Farms, as they are called, could revolutionize food production. […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/smart-floating-farms/feed/ 0 56834 Study Finds Diesel Fumes Responsible for Honeybee Decline https://www.greenoptimistic.com/study-finds-diesel-fumes-responsible-honeybee-decline-20131004/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/study-finds-diesel-fumes-responsible-honeybee-decline-20131004/#respond Fri, 04 Oct 2013 09:54:18 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=42192 Scientists from Britain’s University of Southampton found diesel fumes may be disrupting the honeybees’ ability to recognize certain flowers and pollinate. Not only does this threaten the survival of honeybee populations, but there are also concerns of a possible global food shortage as a result. Guy Poppy, an ecology professor who worked on the study, […]

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