VIDEO: Video: Hot Cities: New Crops
Published: July 11, 2011
Updated: July 11, 2011, 12:58 pm
Grade Level: College (13-14)
Time Required: 3 Minutes
SUMMARY
Hot Cities: New Crops Season
2 Episode 10
‘World in 3’ goes from rioting in the streets of Dakar to the peaceful Welsh town of Aberystwyth. In 2008 low crop yields led to soaring food prices, sparking protests across the developing world. We look at the scientists thousands of miles away who could hold the key to the problem. At Aberystwyth University researchers are creating drought-resistant plants to withstand the effects of climate change.
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Ginny Brown came to NCSE as the Project Director for the NSF funded CAMEL (Climate, Adaptation, Mitigation, E-Learning) project. This work centers on developing a community of climate change educators, researchers and students to combat the impact of climate change.
Ginny has twelve years experience in working with academia at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Prior to coming to NCSE, Ginny was the Program Director for the Vulcan Mater ... (Full Bio)
SUMMARY
Hot Cities: New Crops Season
2 Episode 10
‘World in 3’ goes from rioting in the streets of Dakar to the peaceful Welsh town of Aberystwyth. In 2008 low crop yields led to soaring food prices, sparking protests across the developing world. We look at the scientists thousands of miles away who could hold the key to the problem. At Aberystwyth University researchers are creating drought-resistant plants to withstand the effects of climate change.
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION AND TEACHING MATERIALS
http://www.rockhopper.tv/programmes/376
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