Climate change is quietly making rice more toxic

Cancer-Causing Arsenic Is Building Up in the World's Rice

Rice feeds more than half of the world’s population. Climate change is loading the beloved grain with arsenic, creating a “scary” health burden.

Warmer temperatures may induce sex change in ricefield eels: new study suggests

The sex change mechanism in ricefield eels remains a mystery to scientists to this day. However, warmer temperatures may play a role in inducing the sex change, according to a new study from a team of researchers in China.

We're in the Early Stages of Climate Catastrophe: How can We Avert It?

Are we doomed? The short answer is: maybe not. As we all know, humanity is facing a climate breakdown. It’s clear that we are in the early stages of a global catastrophe – and one that will happen, not some time in the distant future, but is impacting all of us, right now. What is also clear is that the situation will continue to deteriorate because we are doing very little to reduce the chances of avoiding – or at least mitigating – this disast…

Half the world’s people depend on rice; new research says climate change will make it toxic

Rice, the world’s most consumed grain, will become increasingly toxic as the atmosphere heats and as carbon dioxide emissions rise, potentially putting billions of people at risk of cancers and other diseases, according to new research published Wednesday in The…

Carcinogen Rising in Rice Supply Due to Climate Change

Higher temperatures and CO2 levels are increasing rice’s uptake of inorganic arsenic from soil.

Your daily rice bowl could be a cancer risk: Here’s what new research says

Cancer in a grain: Here's how climate change is contaminating Asia’s staple food.