🌾Conservation as an #IndianaJones-like adventure? To preserve genetic diversity in the face of #ClimateChange, #scientists have spent 6 years, gathering thousands of samples of wild crop relatives (while getting into some "pretty extreme situations"🐘) npr.org/sections/thesalt/201…

Raiders Of The Lost Crops: Scientists Race Against Time To Save Genetic Diversity

Elephants, snakes and crocodiles? Researchers around the globe faced risky situations to gather wild relatives of key foods. That genetic pool could be vital to helping crops adapt to climate change.

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Dec 23, 2019 · 10:11 AM UTC
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