Climate Food and Agriculture
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An ‘emerging crisis’: The climate is changing too fast for plants and animals to adapt
New UN report highlights how warming temperatures are upending nature's life cycles — with devastating impacts on agriculture and biodiversity.
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![Black-and-white cows stand on a dirt path, which leads to a stream of water. A red barn sits in the background.]()
![Black-and-white cows stand on a dirt path, which leads to a stream of water. A red barn sits in the background.]()
Can paying farmers to stop farming save the planet? Experts aren’t so sure.
This USDA program has been fighting soil erosion for decades. Now it’s pivoting to climate change.
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![Medium shot of cattle in pen on farm on summer morning.]()
![Medium shot of cattle in pen on farm on summer morning.]()
There are ‘forever chemicals’ in beef now
How toxic PFAS made their way from sewage to fertilizer to beef in Michigan.
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![Farmer standing in corn field affected by drought]()
Extreme weather is destroying more crops. Taxpayers are footing the bill.
Climate change is straining agricultural insurance systems in the US.
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Pipelines keep robbing the land long after the bulldozers leave
A flurry of new research shows the long-term effects of pipelines on crop yields.
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The country’s biggest solar farm is coming to one of the coal-friendliest states
How one small farming community in Indiana came to embrace a massive solar project.
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Beyond greenwashing: How chain restaurants could actually address their climate pollution
Step one is changing the menu.
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![Man looking at landscape with illustrated wind turbines]()
To get rural Americans involved in climate crisis, see them for who they are
Despite stereotypes, there's really only one characteristic they all share: They hate being told what to do.
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Food banks are struggling to fill their shelves, and it’s not just supply chain issues
Climate change, inflation, and price gouging are also at play.
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![Interior of restaurant Eleven Madison Park in New York City]()
I might have eaten the meal of the future. It cost $270 and left me hungry.
Daniel Humm is trying to change the taste of luxury at Eleven Madison Park in New York.
