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![Four men wading through ankle-deep water transplant rice seedling in a rice paddy in Kashmir, India]()
![Four men wading through ankle-deep water transplant rice seedling in a rice paddy in Kashmir, India]()
Why rice crops could be in for a weird year
Researchers explain how El Niño and global warming are combining to create "the haves and the have-nots."
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![digital collage of raspberry, Cyclospora bacteria, and lettuce with arrows]()
![digital collage of raspberry, Cyclospora bacteria, and lettuce with arrows]()
4 things to know about cyclospora and climate change
A fragile food system, uneven public health messaging, and global warming are all working to supercharge the parasite’s spread.
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![Aerial view showing timber logs near the city of Humaitá, Amazonas state, northern Brazil, on September 4, 2024. Deforestation -- which helps reduce global warming by absorbing carbon dioxide -- is on the wane in Brazil's Amazon rainforest. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has pledged to put a stop to illegal deforestation of the Amazon by 2030.]()
![Aerial view showing timber logs near the city of Humaitá, Amazonas state, northern Brazil, on September 4, 2024. Deforestation -- which helps reduce global warming by absorbing carbon dioxide -- is on the wane in Brazil's Amazon rainforest. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has pledged to put a stop to illegal deforestation of the Amazon by 2030.]()
Without stronger government action, Brazil’s low deforestation in the Amazon is unlikely to last
Researchers say that the rainforest is at risk of losing the equivalent of about 2 million soccer fields over the next 10 years.
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![Thousands of anchovies are seen being sucked into an anchovy boat.]()
![Thousands of anchovies are seen being sucked into an anchovy boat.]()
El Niño is here, and it’s already scrambling fisheries throughout the Pacific
From India to Peru to California, the powerful weather phenomenon is creating winners and losers across the fishing industry.
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![A Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) sign is displayed outside of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) headquarters at the Hubert H. Humphrey Building in Washington, DC.]()
![A Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) sign is displayed outside of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) headquarters at the Hubert H. Humphrey Building in Washington, DC.]()
Trump tried to appease MAHA’s fury over Roundup. It backfired.
The coalition of voters who helped elect Trump to clean up America's food system is growing more disenchanted with the president.
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![Chardonnay grape vines are covered with netting to reduces the amount of sunlight on the fruit]()
![Chardonnay grape vines are covered with netting to reduces the amount of sunlight on the fruit]()
People are willing to pay more for climate-proof wine, study shows
New research weighs the costs and payoffs of three common adaptation strategies: Go, stay, or change.
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For Puerto Rico’s fishers, climate change isn’t the only challenge — being left to adapt alone is another
Even as Puerto Rico's fisherfolk navigate rising seas and monster storms, a maze of bureaucracy is proving to be their biggest obstacle.
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![black and white cow against blue sky with clouds with white pixel graphics]()
![black and white cow against blue sky with clouds with white pixel graphics]()
Cow manure could be the next data center fuel
The manure-to-energy field has a new sales pitch. Critics warn it could mean even more factory farms.
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![a close-up shot of a red button on a blue button-down shirt that says "I'm a farmer and support Prop 12"]()
![a close-up shot of a red button on a blue button-down shirt that says "I'm a farmer and support Prop 12"]()
States want transparent laws around animal agriculture. A fight in Congress could derail that.
The Save Our Bacon bill would make it harder for consumers to know how their meat was raised.
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![man holding a sign that reads President Trump make commercial fishing great again]()
![man holding a sign that reads President Trump make commercial fishing great again]()
Trump wants to unleash ‘America First’ fishing. What’s he really doing?
As the administration dismantles guardrails for industrial fishing, it's also threatening critical marine ecosystems that are sacred to Indigenous Pacific peoples.
