Japanese University Tackles Problems of Drylands, Home to 2 Billion People
~~ ~ What food crops will survive the temperature changes coming with global warming? Can humans adapt to the backbreaking agricultural tasks accompanying these changes? Can local populations and neighboring countries protect people from the toxic sands borne on windstorms from desertifying regions? These timely and momentous issues have been the focus of research at one insightful Japanese university in Western Japan’s Tottori Prefecture. A panel exhibition commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Tottori University Arid Land Research Center (ALRC) was held at the Tottori Sand Dunes Vis...
Source: japan-forward.com