5 April 2018 – Seeds of Science published in the UK!
The wait is finally over… for more see my Books page.
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Mark Lynas – Speech to the Oxford Farming Conference 2018
Five years ago, almost to this very day, I stood before you and offered an apology for my earlier anti-GMO activism. Today I want to do something different. Whereas my 2013 speech was something of a declaration of war against…
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Oxitec expands production of GMO mosquito
Oxitec — a company that seeks to control pest insects through their genetics — has announced that it will invest $9.88 million to mass-produce one billion genetically modified mosquito eggs per week at a new state-of-the-art facility at its United Kingdom headquarters…
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Is feedlot beef better for the environment?
If everyone in the world went vegan, it would solve both the greenhouse gas and biodiversity problems almost overnight. Evidence shows that if people adopted entirely plant-based diets, the planet could easily support a population of 7 billion while at…
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Experts find climate-skeptic and anti-GMO studies are scientifically flawed
By Mark Lynas Although many papers have been published claiming that genetically engineered (GMO) foods are harmful and that humans aren’t changing the climate, not a single one of them stands up to rigorous scientific scrutiny. With the recent uptick…
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Now we have a moral duty to talk about climate change
(CNN)- This is what climate change looks like. Entire metropolitan areas — Houston in the United States and Mumbai in India — submerged in catastrophic floods. Record-breaking rainfall: Harvey’s 50-plus inches of torrential deluge set a new national tropical cyclone…
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Trump’s stupidity on climate change will galvanize environmentalists
Withdrawing from the Paris climate accord is about the only predictable — even rational — move that President Trump has made since taking office. Following embarrassing reversals on the Mexican wall, the Muslim immigration ban and other signature policies, he sees rejecting accepted…
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Shadows and mirrors: GMOs in China
Sometimes I hear scientists in the West — especially those who have had their lives made difficult by anti-GMO activists — say they wish things were as straightforward as they are in China, where political dissent is not tolerated and…
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