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It's 100 years since Fritz Haber found a way to synthesise ammonia – helping to feed billions but also to kill millions, and contributing to the pollution of the planet…Details here.
Smoke blankets Siberia. (A European Space Agency image.) According to the World Weather Attribution Centre, the heatwave there this year was “almost impossible” without climate change! In the first six months, Siberia recorded a record-breaking 38 DEGREES C! It led to wildfires, loss of permafrost and an invasion of pests.
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A riveting tale of good & evil, all mixed together.
The value of Haber's work is surely diminishing as the human population explodes. After all, if his work can be credited with saving millions from starvation, its downsides must also be avoided when looking for solutions to drought, famine and climate change.
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