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Environment – 03.16.08

March 16th, 2008

The new organic: The future of food may depend on an unlikely marriage: organic farmers and genetic engineering. [Boston Globe]

Is it better to drink unpasteurised milk?: Raw milk is packed with vitamins and it’s kinder to the planet. So why is an unpasteurised pint seen as such a risk? [Guardian]

What a difference a deluge makes: The results of a man-made flood in the Grand Canyon last week were immediate and substantial, adding areas of vital sediment as large as football fields along stretches of the Colorado River, officials said. [LA Times]


Glaciers melt ‘at fastest rate in past 5,000 years’
: The world’s glaciers are melting faster than at any time since records began, threatening catastrophe for hundreds of millions of people and their eco-systems. [Guardian]

Water in Dams, Reservoirs Preventing Sea-Level Rise: Dams and reservoirs have stored so much water over the past several decades that they have masked surging sea levels, a new study says. [National Geographic]

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