Grow rice without Methane pollution.
Half the world fed with rice.
Feed the hungry, how nice.
“Green heads” will explode: – Wrong solution.
In addition to a near elimination of greenhouse gases associated with its growth, SUSIBA2 rice produces substantially more grains for a richer food source. The new strain is shown here (right) compared to the study’s control. Image courtesy of Swedish University of Agricultural Science
A majority of people are worried about GMO food. Yet we all eat it, knowing or not. The modification gene in this rice is taken from a gene in barley. It works by producing more starch instead of more roots. Test plantings in China yielded 90% reduction in Methane production compared to unmodified rice.
One possible downside: Less roots may mean less minerals absorbed, and more starch may mean less protein as a percentage of the rice.












This is the slowest melt of the Hudson Bay ice in many, many years.
And the melt season is rapidly ending. All Ice Ages start in the Hudson Bay region, not the North Pole.
Update: Ice on Hudson Bay still there on Aug 5: