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Have you exhausted all the more than 3,000 varieties of potatoes and are ready for a new flavor? It looks like new varieties are headed our way! The National Agricultural Innovation Program (NAIP), the National Institute of Agrarian Innovation (INIA) and the International Potato Center (CIP)...
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De acuerdo al estudio publicado por la Agencia Internacional de Energías Renovables (IRENA)[1], el consumo energético global aumentará en un 80% para el 2050, mientras que el del agua y alimentos en 55% y 60%, respectivamente. Además, la mayor demanda vendrá de los países emergentes debido al...
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The «wgms Glacier App» provides scientific information and photographs of more than 3,700 glaciers. The app of the World Glacier Monitoring Service, hosted at the University of Zurich, provides public access to glacier observations from around the world. It shows how many glaciers are still...
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Colombia’s constitutional court has passed a ruling prohibiting mining activities in the country’s ‘páramo’ regions (wetlands), overruling any prior contracts approving exploration activities. The court overruled part of the 2014 national development plan, enabling mining and hydrocarbons...
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