CLIMATE CHANGE F.A.Q. (TATLAY REMIX)
1. CLIMATE CHANGE? HUH? Climate Change is the measured long-term shift or change in the climate of a certain location, region, and on a larger scale…the…
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What is biodiversity? Derived from the word biological diversity, biodiversity was a term first coined in the mid 1980’s. Biodiversity generally represents the variation of life…
Read articleHIV/AIDS F.A.Q. (RIVERS-BOWERMAN REMIX)
What is HIV/AIDS? Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that attacks white blood cells known as T4 (CD4) lymphocytes . The function of the T4…
Read articleG.M.O. F.A.Q. (MEHRABADI REMIX)
What are genetically modified organisms (GMOs)? GMOs are plants and animals which have been genetically altered under laboratory conditions by the insertion of genes from other…
Read articleA SUSTAINABILITY F.A.Q. (MCQUEEN REMIX)
You hear sustainability mentioned everywhere these days, but what does it actually mean? In 1983 Norwegian Prime-Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland was commissioned by the United Nations…
Read articleGENETICALLY MODIFIED RICE F.A.Q. (POOLE REMIX)
What is GM rice? Genetically modified (‘GM’) rice is one of the most publicly cited examples of a genetically modified organism (‘GMO’), and has become increasingly…
Read articleTHE KYOTO PROTOCOL F.A.Q (POOLE REMIX)
There is a general consensus that global warming is underway, but what should we do about it? The Kyoto Protocol has proven to be a hotbed…
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