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Efforts to replace annual wheat with perennial varieties promise to restore the soil, heal the land, and sequester carbon.
“The coming decades will not only be hotter, but sicker.”
High levels of manganese in drinking water could harm infants and children, research shows. But industries that use or produce the metal are downplaying the risks in a battle with the EPA.
The hyperealistic drama reminds us that things aren’t always so rosy for people on the front lines of clean energy development.
Forests worldwide are feeling the fiery effects of climate change.
The oceanic phenomenon could lead to more pathogen-carrying mosquitoes, bacteria, and toxic algae.
“Am I concerned? Hell yes, I’m concerned.”
It's good news for tomato lovers, mixed for urban gardeners.
Using electricity to make hydrogen could be an elegant climate solution — or it could prop up a dirty grid.
