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Ways to save the planet: Fridge detectives

People Fixing the World

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Rice Is a Big Source of Global Warming

Rice delivers about one fifth of the world's calories, but is responsible for a lot of globe warming. Rice production alone accounts for around two to three % of our human cause global warming. The problem isn't rice itself, but the way it's grown under water in those paddy fields which end up covering a big chunk of our planet. And i would like you to meet doctor smete currup who is breeding new types of rice based at rothamstead research just outside London.

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