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Team to study food resilience in the face of global catastrophes

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Team to study food resilience in the face of global catastrophes Lab Manager In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have all become aware of how a global crisis can affect our access to food. But imagine the food security impacts of an even worse scenario — an all-out nuclear war, a large asteroid strike, or a supervolcano eruption. Such catastrophes could block out sunlight, alter rainfall patterns, and contaminate water supplies, which could drastically affect our food systems. An interdisciplinary team of Penn State professors has received $3 million from Open Philanthropy to study food resilience in the face of such catastrophic global events. READ MORE

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