与此同时，在俄罗斯的北极部分领土，地球工程计划包括种植数百万棵桦树。
Meanwhile, in the Russian Arctic, geoengineering plans include the planting of millions of birch trees.
经过生物工程改造的棉花种植场可以生产自己的抗棉铃虫杀虫剂，而棉铃虫是造成农作物歉收的主要原因，直到今年，棉铃虫的危害都很小。
Plantings of cotton bioengineered to produce its own insecticide against bollworms, a major cause of crop failure, sustained little bollworm damage until this year.
堪萨斯州立大学生物和农业工程教授马克施洛克说，不耗费淡水，不占用种植粮食的土地来生产生物燃料的举措应该得到赞扬。
The effort to avoid using fresh water and land that's used for food "should be applauded," says Mark Schrock, a professor of biological and agricultural engineering at Kansas State University.
应用推荐