Issues: Resource exhaustion
Online resources to help people understand issues related to resource exhaustion, and the technologies that will help mitigate this.
- Farms are using robots to boost yields, and they are only just getting started. [web page]
- SynthMeat moves closer to reality with printed Wagyu Beef. Yum. [web page]
- Why cellular agriculture may be the way of the future in agriculture. [web page]
- Plastic waste converted into bricks far superior to concrete for construction. [web page]
- Bisons are on the way back into the ecosystem at last. [web page]
- Supercharged biotech rice delivers 40% more grain, and genetic tinkering may also increase wheat's ability to absorb fertiliser and increase photosynthesis in other crops. [web page]
- Will we be looking at world population decline soon? [video]
- Fake meat looks to fungi for inspiration. [web page]
- What if vegetables could grow in complete darkness instead of vertical farms where LED lights replace the sun? [web page]
- By creating mice from freeze-dried skin cells, scientists unlocked the potential of biopreservation. [web page]
- Everything from bread baking to paper manufacturing relies on starch, and there's a lot to be gained by simplifying the way we generate it. Scientists in China have made significant progress in this field, inventing a new technique that converts CO2 into starch in a highly efficient way, potentially saving vast amounts of land and water. [web page]
- Just how high can hydroponic farming climb? [web page]
- Insects aren't being as badly harmed by mankind's activities as some would have you believe. [web page]
- Mycelium for fungi-based bacon will be grown in a new vertical farm at a rate of 3 million pounds per year. [web page]
- Fish poo and vertical farms mix for a new wave in high-rise ag. [web page]
- Printed steak on the way to multiple cut selection. [web page]
- Through genetic modifications that increase soybean plants' capacity to absorb solar energy, the research team was able to increase crop yields by 20%. [web page]
- Scotland's woodlands are the biggest they have been in 900 years, according to official statistics. [web page]
- The myths surrounding overpopulation are astounding and wrong-headed in the age of superabundance. [video]
- The world's largest cultured meat factory will be built in the United States in the near future. [web page]
- A new technique for desalinisation is introduced. [web page]
- How the world's first all-organic agricultural country has resulted in starvation, rioting, and economic collapse in Sri Lanka, with disastrous repercussions. [web page]
- A new low-cost gel film can extract water from the desert air. [web page]
- Gene edited tomatoes designed to prosper in a hotter world. [web page]
- Singapore builds food security through vertical farming. [web page]
- Britain's population creep is 90% due to inbound migration, study finds. [web page]
- Could nuclear-powered desalination facilities overcome the water shortage? [web page]
- In a recent innovation, plastic-eating enzymes have become even better. [video]
- Gene-edited tomatoes with increased vitamin D levels are about to reach the market. [web page]
- Tech-based photosynthesis may replace petrochemicals. [video]
- Synth-meat is moving from pulp scifi to reality. [web page]
- Google-owned Mineral, to develop tech for more a sustainable, resilient, and productive food system. [web page]
- The elite would like the masses to eat bugs, but for some strange reason, the great unwashed aren't too keen on the idea. [web page]
- The French fishing fleet is a menace to environmental standards in commercial fishing. [web page]
- First bioreactor meat goes on sale in Singapore. [web page]
- Many big animals in Europe were almost extinct due to hunting and habitat destruction, but because to conservation efforts and more productive agriculture, the continent's mammal populations are thriving again. [web page]
- Food production is higher than it has ever been, yet land usage is decreasing, allowing us to feed more people while also restoring natural habitat. [web page]
- In 2022 food production is higher than it has ever been, yet land usage is decreasing, allowing us to feed more people while also restoring natural habitat. [web page]
- Expanding agriculture is the main cause of deforestation. This land expansion is over. After millennia, agricultural land utilisation has dropped globally. [web page]
- By utilising the gene-editing technology, CRISPR pioneer hopes to develop crops that grow more quickly and use more carbon. [web page]
- When combined with a new zinc catalyst that can totally break down polymers and repurpose them into even more valuable items, plastic upcycling may well be the answer to our worldwide plastic waste issue. [video]
- New large-scale seafood production look to take place further out in the ocean than regular fish farms. [web page]
- A new study found that carbon, nitrogen, and soil density levels in cleared forests reached 90% of the levels in untouched forests after 1 to 9 years. The key was to leave them alone, and that was the best way to do it. [web page]
- Food production systems will come under increasing strain? [video]
- Your meal is printed for you now, sir. [web page]
- New desalination systems could provide fresh water from the sea. [video]
- Water-activated disposable printed paper batteries will contribute to the reduction of electronic waste. [web page]
- Seed-bombing reforestation drones aim to battle climate change. [web page]
- Last year's Earth was 608 percent more abundant than it was in 1980. [web page]
- Can you make a plastic that is infinitely recyclable? [web page]
- With the aid of microbes, the startup Air Protein is converting carbon emissions into tasty pieces of meat. [web page]
- Need water? Now you can grab it from the open air. [web page]
- Scientists are turning to legumes for genes since farmers must use massive amounts of fertiliser that emits a lot of emissions to provide crops with necessary nitrogen. [web page]
- Future generations will be able to enjoy coral reefs thanks to a group of scientists who are producing coral 50 times quicker and more robustly than it does in the wild. [web page]
- Walmart Inc. is investing in indoor vertical farm Plenty and will purchase fresh greens from them for its California locations. [web page]
- According to the Simon Abundance Index 2022, the Earth was 448.5 percent more plentiful in 2021 than it was in 1980. [web page]
- How the British national forestry policy harms bio-diversity and, as set by the Forestry Commission, is decades out of date. [web page]
- Africa's climate problem might be averted by this hidden groundwater that has been discovered.
- A groundbreaking new method for generating artificial starch from CO2 might save 90 percent on land and water. [video]
- Agriculture is both a narrative of man's harmony with nature and a story of technical mastery. [web page]
- The world's oceans are still too over-polluted by us. [video]
- Did the deforestation rate peak in the 1980s? [web page]
- From overpopulation to underpopulation in the next few decades. [video]
- New fermentation technology can transform CO2 into edible protein. [web page]
- Caviar can now be vat-grown in food labs. [web page]
- Why food from the sun might just be fun. [web page]
- Insect populations are declining across the UK, and that is a problem. [web page]
- Farming in sea doesn't have to mean fish. [audio]
- A look at the world's dwindling fish stocks. [web page]
- CRISPR gene editing increased rice and maize yields by up to 10%. [web page]
- Lobster is no longer on the menu, and canned fish has taken its place. [web page]
- After scientists exploited a legal loophole, gene-edited super-crops will be grown in Britain in a European first. [web page]
- Sir James Dyson isn't just the King of high-tech vacuum cleaners, he's also brought artificial intelligence and automation to farming. [web page]
- Interview with the two authors behind the book, 'Ten Global Trends That Every Smart Person Needs to Know'. [video]
- Synthetic meat from plants - coming to a fast food joint near you, soon. [web page]
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- The future of farming is more high-rise than you think. [web page]
- Farming in the USA has become super-efficient. No, really. [web page]
- Why the world is getting more abundant - and why you never hear about it. [video]
- An multinational team of researchers discovered that sprout crops can be produced in tiny areas inside, with or without artificial illumination, in a variety of soilless production methods. The results are timely given the pandemic's impact on food supply networks. [web page]
- Synth-steaks, coming to a diner near you, soon? [video]
- Is lithium the answer to the Salton Sea's problems? [web page]
- Indoor farms are a growing sector. [web page]
- Is a 1972 study's predictions of resource overload on the Earth proving startlingly prophetic? [web page]
- New desalination tech promises sea-to-drinking water. [web page]
- Conjuring water out of thin air just got a lot easier with this new atmospheric water generator system. [web page]
