Sentences with phrase «food shortages bring»

Lester R. Brown, «Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilization?»

You might want to take a look at the article I did in Scientific American a couple years ago, entitled «Could World Food Shortages Bring Down Civilization?»

In a 2009 Scientific American article he affirmed his rhetorical question, «Could food shortages bring down civilization?»

Biotechnology promises drought - resistant, more productive crops to address food shortages brought on by climate shocks and population growth.

Listened to Neven's link and in particular the interview with professor Box; got annoyed when Box suggested the riots throughout the middle east was due to food shortages brought about by AGW; have read a couple of Box's papaers; on Greenland and the Arctic I prefer Petr Chylek's work:

Not exact matches

Along with oppressive government laws, secret prisons and chronic food shortages, there are also groups of homeless, at - risk orphans in the country that Bae had photographed in an effort to bring attention to the issue.

These include the ability to bring new, innovative products to the market; progress in oncology, such as the approval of Genentech's drug Avastin for breast cancer and advances in the use of gene therapy, despite some setbacks; continuing progress in research on stem cells; the emergence of treatments for previously untreated diseases; and solutions for food and fuel shortages, such as biocrops and biofuels.

He has warned of potentially destabilizing and costly food shortages, populations outstripping dwindling natural resources, water tables falling precipitously and glaciers retreating, bringing drought and floods.

A second story (p 11) on prospective food shortages in Asia over the next 25 years says that «solutions» will be needed «as climate change brings more extreme flooding, storm tides, and probably drought in the great rice - growing deltas of South and Southeast Asia.»