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Seed Vault

Wild meadow seeds from Highgrove sent to Arctic ‘doomsday vault’

Wild plant seeds from meadows at the Prince of Wales’ residence at Highgrove are being stored in the “doomsday vault” in the Arctic.The latest deposits at the Global Seed Vault in Svalbard, off the northern coast of Norway, also include the first seeds from the Cherokee Nation in the US,…

bubmagFebruary 25, 2020

Seed Vault

Svalbard doomsday vault gets first big seed deposit since upgrade

By Adam Vaughan The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is open for deposits after upgradesSvalbard Global Seed Vault/Riccardo GangaleHundreds of plant species around the world were backed up today at a “doomsday vault” in Svalbard, Norway, the first big deposit to the Arctic facility since an upgrade to future-proof it against…

bubmagFebruary 25, 2020

Seed Vault

First new seeds put into Svalbard’s upgraded doomsday vault

By Adam Vaughan The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is open for deposits after upgradesSvalbard Global Seed Vault/Riccardo GangaleHundreds of plant species around the world were backed up today at a “doomsday vault” in Svalbard, Norway, the first big deposit to the Arctic facility since an upgrade to future-proof it against…

bubmagFebruary 25, 2020

Seed Vault

Upgraded doomsday vault gets new seed deposits

Today, the so-called “doomsday” vault in Norway is taking in its biggest deposit of seeds since vital upgrades in 2019. The deposit will feature over 60,000 seed samples from 36 different groups — the most to send their seeds to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault at one time. That includes…

bubmagFebruary 25, 2020

Big Data

Food security: underpin with public and private data sharing

CORRESPONDENCE 25 February 2020 Sylvain Coutu, NASA Harvest, Zurich, Switzerland. Contact Inbal Becker-Reshef, University of Maryland, USA. Alyssa K. Whitcraft & University of Maryland, USA. Chris Justice University of Maryland, USA. High-resolution satellite data and big-data analytics are revolutionizing our ability to monitor crop development at field level worldwide (see,…

bubmagFebruary 25, 2020

Brexit

Brexit uncertainty has fallen since the UK general election

Nicholas Bloom, Philip Bunn, Scarlet Chen, Paul Mizen, Pawel Smietanka 25 February 2020 After months of political stalemate, Boris Johnson’s decisive victory in the December UK general election cleared the way for the UK to leave the EU. This column uses data from the Decision Maker Panel, a monthly survey of…

bubmagFebruary 25, 2020

Little Red Riding Hood

Baby Peggy Dead: Silent Film Star Was 101

Before Shirley Temple, she was the young queen of Hollywood, earning $1 million a year, but her movie career did not last long. Diana Serra Cary, the silent film sensation known as Baby Peggy whose career in Hollywood came to a crashing halt when she was the ripe old age…

bubmagFebruary 25, 2020

Sky-Diving

Can You License A Video You Don’t Hold The Copyright Over?

from the copyright-v-ownership dept A few times in the past we've discussed the differences between ownership of an original creative work and ownership of the copyright associated with that work. I'm reminded of this distinction -- which confuses the hell out of many people -- after lawyer Eric Turkewitz tweeted…

bubmagFebruary 25, 2020

Water Pollution

11 Fashion Companies Leading The Way In Sustainability

Laboratory glassware with plants on white background Getty The fashion industry is known for creating trends, and now it’s working on its most important trend yet: sustainability. And unlike some questionable fashion decisions, this is a trend all consumers can get behind. We know even Nordstrom is now selling used…

bubmagFebruary 25, 2020

Greta Thunberg

Trump Just Scored Another Anti-Abortion Victory

Image: GettyBarf BagWelcome to Barf Bag, a daily politics roundup to help you sort through the chaotic Trumpian news cycle.The U.S. appeals court on Monday upheld a Trump administration rule that prohibits tax-payer funded family-planning clinics from referring patients to abortion providers. The ruling will impact all clinics in the…

bubmagFebruary 25, 2020

Wild meadow seeds from Highgrove sent to Arctic ‘doomsday vault’

Svalbard doomsday vault gets first big seed deposit since upgrade

First new seeds put into Svalbard’s upgraded doomsday vault

Upgraded doomsday vault gets new seed deposits

Food security: underpin with public and private data sharing

Brexit uncertainty has fallen since the UK general election

Baby Peggy Dead: Silent Film Star Was 101

Can You License A Video You Don’t Hold The Copyright Over?

11 Fashion Companies Leading The Way In Sustainability

Trump Just Scored Another Anti-Abortion Victory

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