A Less Peaceful World, Marginally

07-10-2015

A. Edward Elmendorf

Over the last year, the world has become a less peaceful place, and although the rate of decline was not tremendous, the deterioration has been steady since 2008, says a new report, the Global Peace Index.

U.N.: World population to reach 8.1B in 2025

07-02-2015

Alexandra Olson

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations forecast Thursday that the world's population will increase from 7.2 billion today to 8.1 billion in 2025, with most growth in developing countries and more than half in Africa. By 2050, it will reach 9.6 billion.

The Great Green Wall of Africa

07-02-2015

Kyle Benjamin Schneps

In February 2011, an international summit in Bonn, Germany officially approved the building of a pan-African Great Green Wall (GGW) in support of the UN Convention to Com

Towers Of Vegetables Go Up As Singapore Builds First Vertical Farm

05-29-2015

Peter Murray

Short on arable land? One solution would be to plant…up. Singapore, a small country that imports most of its food, has now begun selling vegetables from its first vertical farm. And even while they’re more expensive the vegetables are already selling faster than they can be grown.

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