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Rice feeds more than half of the world’s population. Climate change is loading the beloved grain with arsenic, creating a “scary” health burden.
A new global review reveals a critical “gap between advocacy and evidence” when it comes to scaling traditional agriculture to fight climate change.
When the maritime sector slashed sulfur emissions, it became an accidental experiment in geoengineering.
The additional shade reduces evaporation and stress on the plants, all while generating clean electricity.
A new analysis finds that human-caused warming helped dry out the vegetation that turned Los Angeles into a firestorm.
Make way for the "cheap energy" agenda.
As the planet traps more energy than it releases, the pathways for global food production are being upended.
A U.S. renewable diesel refiner purchased tallow from slaughterhouses supplied by ranches fined for illegal clearing of Brazilian forests.
As the federal government pushes more disaster recovery responsibilities onto states, they are “sitting ducks” for contractors.
