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The Irish potato famine should have taught the food and farming world that crop diversity is crucial. But the genetically engineered potato on trial in Ireland suggests that we haven't actually learned much.
Another day of blackouts strike India, impacting twice as many people.
The nation's drought-withered corn fields aren't taking in anywhere near the amount of nitrogen fertilizer that farmers put on the ground last spring. And the excess could show up in the Gulf of Mexico.
At it's not just us. It's the marketplace, too.
The Number 4 Chevron crude distillation unit at Chevron's Richmond refinery exploded into flame last night. Local residents were advised not to leave home.
Members of Generation X are responding to climate change with a big, collective shrug of indifference, according to a new survey.
The combination of drought and political tension may have been the kindling for Syria's uprising.
Climate change may mean colder winters and fewer fires in the Tropics. Outside the Tropics, in the heat of summer -- bad news.
In the aftermath of the refinery explosion in Richmond, Calif., this week, one nearby resident reflects on how our energy system is deadly -- even when it is working exactly as it should.
