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![Indian men line up with gas cylinders]()
![Indian men line up with gas cylinders]()
The Iran war is changing how millions of people cook — and what they eat
Across Asia and Africa, the cooking gas shortage is emptying menus, driving people to coal and wood, and fueling a booming black market.
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![A field of yellow and green corn spreads out on the horizon]()
![A field of yellow and green corn spreads out on the horizon]()
Climate experts say spring is coming earlier. How will that affect agriculture and ecosystems?
An earlier spring affects when migratory birds arrive, leaves emerge, and fruit ripens — among plants and animals that determine ecosystem health.
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![overhead view of sea ice floating in a bay near Greeland]()
![overhead view of sea ice floating in a bay near Greeland]()
Oceans are absorbing the Earth’s excess energy. That’s bad news for food systems.
As the planet traps more energy than it releases, the pathways for global food production are being upended.
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![This aerial image taken on March 14, 2023 shows a tractor carrying oranges driving through an orchard in Arcadia, Florida.]()
![This aerial image taken on March 14, 2023 shows a tractor carrying oranges driving through an orchard in Arcadia, Florida.]()
With its new farm bill, Florida’s climate fight just hit a tractor-sized roadblock
The sweeping new law enshrines farmers' use of gas-powered equipment and weakens protections for conservation lands, locking the state's climate-battered ag sector into fossil fuel dependence.
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![Animation of the phrase 'climate change' changing into the phrase 'extreme weather']()
![Animation of the phrase 'climate change' changing into the phrase 'extreme weather']()
To keep climate science alive, researchers are speaking in code
Words considered "woke" are vanishing from National Science Foundation proposals. We tracked the changes.
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![Amir Kabir Dam, one of the five main reservoirs supplying water to Tehran, seen through a chain-link fence]()
![Amir Kabir Dam, one of the five main reservoirs supplying water to Tehran, seen through a chain-link fence]()
Iran was already running out of water. Then came the ‘war on infrastructure.’
Drought, a legacy of overpumping, and now military strikes are driving the country’s fragile water and food systems to the brink.
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![A tractor rolls over an agricultural field]()
![A tractor rolls over an agricultural field]()
Fiber optic cables reveal a serious problem at the heart of modern farming
Tilling helps farmers control weeds and boost soil fertility. But that also degrades a field's ability to hold water and carbon.
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![Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins speaks at the Georgia Capitol to launch a grant program for Hurricane Helene recovery.]()
![Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins speaks at the Georgia Capitol to launch a grant program for Hurricane Helene recovery.]()
Georgia farmers’ long wait for Helene relief is ending
The state’s biggest crops needed a special program to cover "once-in-a-generation" losses — for the second time in a decade.
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![Photo of workers bending over in a grassy field]()
![Photo of workers bending over in a grassy field]()
How the humble hornwort could supercharge agriculture
Scientists studying the plant have discovered a new way to boost the efficiency of rubisco — the enzyme that powers life on Earth — and hope to transfer the trick to crops.
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![A man walks on rocks along the shore as oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)]()
![A man walks on rocks along the shore as oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)]()
The war in Iran could plunge the world into hunger
Farmers from Iowa to India depend on fossil fuel-based fertilizers. Much of their supply is stuck in the Persian Gulf.
