How evolutionary principles could help save our world

| September 12, 2014 | Leave a Comment

Item Link: Access the Resource

Date of Publication: September 11, 2014

Year of Publication: 2014

Publication City: Arlington, VA

Publisher: National Science Foundation

Author(s): Jessica Arriens, NSF

Battling modern threats to food, land and health with applied evolutionary biology

“The age of the Anthropocene–the scientific name given to our current geologic age–is dominated by human impacts on our environment. A warming climate. Increased resistance of pathogens and pests. A swelling population. Coping with these modern global challenges requires application of what one might call a more-ancient principle: evolution.”

Access the above news release from NSF through the link above and view the original article through the MAHB Library: Applying evolutionary biology to address global challenges

Photo: MRSA being ingested by neutrophil | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases via Flickr: http://bit.ly/1uoFMzv

The views and opinions expressed through the MAHB Website are those of the contributing authors and do not necessarily reflect an official position of the MAHB. The MAHB aims to share a range of perspectives and welcomes the discussions that they prompt.