Monday, June 30, 2008

A Changed Earth Needs Weeds

New research shows that mankind's perennial battle against weeds will not end anytime soon - and the weeds would probably win anyway. Apparently, Weeds will grow much larger in the hotter, CO2-enriched environment that climate change promises. The upside is that we may very well find more climate-change resilient versions of some vital crops as we pick through their weedy ancestors.

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