Cultivate potatoes in Mars...

A new research will grow potatoes under Martian conditions.

If it works it would be a good notice for malnutrition poverty all around the globe.

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NASA Will Test Growing Potatoes In Mars-Like Environment | IFLScience

Potatoes on Mars: Setting course for Martian farming

Modified rice against hunger and pollution

Modified rice could reduce methane emissions and provide higher yield.

The chunk of DNA is taken from barley.


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Expression of barley SUSIBA2 transcription factor yields high-starch low-methane rice : Nature : Nature Publishing Group

Lunar terraforming

NASA new project will user a crater on the Moon for create "habitat area" for robots and humans.

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NASA IS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING TERRAFORMING PART OF THE MOON WITH ROBOTS | Popular Science

Humans race faces to Sixth great extinction

When other species on the planet are disappearing at an alarming rate is time to question if we (humans) could survive to this process.

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Will Humans Survive the Sixth Great Extinction? - National Geographic

Humans are running out of water resources.

More than half of Earth’s 37 largest aquifers are being depleted, according to gravitational data from the GRACE satellite system.



Sources:
Quantifying renewable groundwater stress with GRACE - Richey - 2015 - Water Resources Research - Wiley Online Library

New NASA data show how the world is running out of water - The Washington Post

Solar power for provide drinking water

MIT researchers have found a new method that uses solar power to remove salt from water.

The water is one of the most important elements in the "Blue" planet but for human food purposes it is necessary to remove the salt.

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MIT Invention Turns Salt Water Into Drinking Water Using Solar Power | Popular Science
Securing Water for Food: A Grand Challenge for Development Announces Winners of the Desal Prize | Press Release | U.S. Agency for International Development

Ocean and plastic... a huge problem.

Scientist very worried about plastic pollution in Oceans.

Plastic is a human-made material. There is no other specie in the planet that use this kind of material... is a big problem for our planet and the humans have to revert this mistake.

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Millions of Tons! Scientists Tally Up Plastic Pollution in Oceans - NBC News.com
The trash vortex | Greenpeace International
The Ocean Cleanup, developing technologies to extract, prevent and intercept plastic pollution