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Scientists are racing to study and conserve wild varieties of crops before they disappear. Such weeds could bolster agricultural yields as the climate changes.
Hot air, rising seas, and other findings from NOAA's latest State of the Climate report.
Rising food prices are one of the hidden causes of Egypt's conflict. And they'll keep fueling discontent until we come up with a better system.
In this episode of Local Energy Rules, ILSR’s Director of Democratic Energy, John Farrell, speaks to Brian Minish, CEO of...
The company picks artists who use recycled materials in their art, gives them a monthly stipend, a studio space -- naturally, it's a shipping container -- and "scavenging privileges".
A bombshell new paper says climate change might make the most destructive storms on Earth even more dangerous. But the findings are already being challenged.
Plants engineered to produce their own bug-killing toxins really have helped farmers cut the use of nastier chemical insecticides.
Monsanto's investigation into a rogue GMO outbreak can be summarized thusly: “Nothing is wrong at our end and everybody's crops are safe. Maybe our opponents planted our freak wheat to try to hurt us.”
Fairfield, Ill., is outlawing nude and exotic dancing in order to head off any trouble that might accompany an influx of fracking workers.
