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While Zach Galifianakis finds peace in gardening, I’m at war with raccoons
Take it from the comedian and actor: “We should all know how to garden. It’s a better hobby than jetskiing.”
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![Aerial view of riverbank dwellers carrying banana produce over the dry Solimoes riverbed]()
![Aerial view of riverbank dwellers carrying banana produce over the dry Solimoes riverbed]()
The world is getting too hot to feed itself
A new U.N. report maps how extreme heat is tearing through every layer of the global food system — and mostly overlooks the people at the heart of it.
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The huge, untapped potential of planting rooftop gardens in cities
To adapt to a rapidly warming world, metropolises are looking to green roofs, which boost biodiversity and reduce temperatures and flooding.
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![A group of sheep stand in a field in front of an array of solar panels.]()
![A group of sheep stand in a field in front of an array of solar panels.]()
American farmers bet on solar. Then Trump changed the rules.
We tracked how the collapse of federal rural energy support is ending solar projects across farm country — and costing some developers millions they'll never get back.
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Hurricane Helene ravaged farmers’ topsoil. They’re still fighting to build it back.
"We're dirt farmers. Our primary job is to tend the dirt. That's the basis of everything."
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![a delivery worker on an e-bike, wearing a bike helmet and a heavy winter jacket and black pants, rides through the streets of downtown Manhattan near the Stock Exchange, with several inches of visible snow on the ground]()
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New York City unveils its first rest stop for delivery workers
After years of delays, the place to rest, recharge, and escape the elements is a major — but incomplete — win for the people delivering your burrito bowls.
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Georgia’s forestry industry is in crisis. One solution could be in your medicine cabinet.
As paper mills close, the state legislature is offering the industry a lifeline.
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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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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]()
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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.
