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The World in 2050: ‘Harvests of Sorrow’

The World in 2050: ‘Harvests of Sorrow’

Farmland and climate change are related in the way that ‘global warming will make it harder to feed the world in 2050.’ Higher temperatures are feared to possibly ‘turn arid shrub lands into deserts while improving the growing season in colder steppes.’ There are other possibilities as to the effect of global warming: evaporation could occur [...]
CSIRO Develops Printable Solar Cells

CSIRO Develops Printable Solar Cells

Imagine what would happen to the future of technology if you could avail of solar cells that are so easy to manufacture that they are literally printed out like money. Apparently, this isn’t some fascinating sci-fi idea but is actually possible now. CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, has come up with a way to [...]