[NEWS] Five science and technology links: Chinese fields, Vancouver bananas, geothermal, space

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• Bloomberg notes that the Chinese habit of wrapping farmers' fields in plastic has long-term negative consequences.


• It's difficult not to trace the ability of a man in Vancouver to raise bananas at home to climate change. CBC reports.


• The Caribbean island of Dominica is set to start to turn to geothermal power for its energy needs. The Inter Press Service reports.


• Universe Today notes the astrometric data provided by GAIA lets us track stars set for close encounters.


• The possible discovery of an intermediate-mass black hole very near the Galactic Centre is big in a lot of ways.