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Invasive species have created a cycle of wildfire in Hawaiʻi. Can Maui break it?
Planting native flora could help prevent the island's next wildfire.
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![Purple food truck with a sign outside]()
![Purple food truck with a sign outside]()
In Portland, Oregon, extreme heat is making food trucks feel like ovens
"The sun is beating down on this metal box.”
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![Olive trees stand on a parched landscape during a drought in Spain.]()
![Olive trees stand on a parched landscape during a drought in Spain.]()
Climate change is coming for your olive oil, too
Heatflation has doubled the price of olive oil over the past year.
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![a person in dark protective clothing and face mask sprays the dirt ground which is covered in tiny bugs]()
![a person in dark protective clothing and face mask sprays the dirt ground which is covered in tiny bugs]()
How a UN-led fight against locusts took a toxic toll on Kenyan farmers
Internal United Nations documents show that officials were aware of widespread environmental and public health problems that resulted from its distribution of pesticides.
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![Collage of pathogen knocking out corn stalks like dominoes]()
![Collage of pathogen knocking out corn stalks like dominoes]()
The next pandemic could strike crops, not people
Genetic uniformity is central to modern farming. It leaves us vulnerable to plant disease breakouts.
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![digital collage of back half of a pig and front half of a car with pig ear on top on green background]()
![digital collage of back half of a pig and front half of a car with pig ear on top on green background]()
The new ethanol? Biogas producers are pushing livestock poop as renewable.
A boom in electric vehicles might help them.
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![A voluntarily fallowed field stands next to an active wheat field at the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation along the Colorado River near the California-Arizona border.]()
![A voluntarily fallowed field stands next to an active wheat field at the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation along the Colorado River near the California-Arizona border.]()
Feds ease up on Colorado River restrictions — for now
This year’s wet winter helped save the river from collapse. But a reckoning is on the horizon.
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![Cows graze among olive trees on a farm in Texas.]()
![Cows graze among olive trees on a farm in Texas.]()
Livestock are dying in the heat. This little-known farming method offers a solution.
Silvopasture could make for healthier soil — and keep cattle alive during sweltering summers.
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![A fishing boat is surrounded by a flock of birds on the sea beneath an orange sky at sunset]()
![A fishing boat is surrounded by a flock of birds on the sea beneath an orange sky at sunset]()
The ocean is shattering heat records. Here’s what that means for fisheries.
Marine heatwaves can "inject a lot of chaos" as they remake ecosystems and cost coastal economies billions.
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![A diver is seen harvesting bull kelp just below the surface of the sea of the coast of Vancouver Island.]()
![A diver is seen harvesting bull kelp just below the surface of the sea of the coast of Vancouver Island.]()
The kelp business is booming. Can regulators keep up?
Seaweed farms are exploding in popularity. Cultivators say policies are needed to protect marine life.
