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Desert bacteria could help boost crop yields(link)

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

Scientists from the United Arab Emirates [UAE] have isolated local salt- and drought-tolerant strains of Rhizobia, soil bacteria that fix nitrogen inside the root nodules of legumes and can give much needed boost to crop yield. read here

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Posted on February 7, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

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Posted on February 7, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on Pollution Free Cities:
Probabilistic cost estimates for climate change mitigation(Abstract, Joeri Rogelj, David L. McCollum, Andy Reisinger, Malte Meinshausen & Keywan Riahi, Nature, Jan. 2, 2013) Also discussed here: Carbon price of $30 needed to avoid 2°C…