Tag: agriculture
A shrinking fraction of the world’s major crops goes to feed...
Deepak Ray, University of Minnesota
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Rising competition for many of the world’s important...
Raising cattle on native grasses in the eastern U.S. benefits farmers,...
Patrick Keyser, University of Tennessee
Early on a cool June morning, heavy dew lies on the grass of rolling...
Planting mixes of flowers around farm fields helps keep bees healthy
Hamutahl Cohen, University of Florida
It’s springtime in California, and bees are emerging to feast on flowering fields –...
US Climate risks are rising – a scientist looks at the...
Erica A.H. Smithwick, Penn State
When I was a young researcher studying how forested ecosystems recover from wildfire, I...
Climate change could enable Alaska to grow more of its own...
Nancy Fresco, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Gardeners in Alaska know that it’s hard to grow big, juicy tomatoes here....
The herbicide dicamba was supposed to solve farmers’ weed problems –...
Bart Elmore, The Ohio State University
In October 2021 I was a guest on a popular podcast to discuss...
An environmental sociologist explains how permaculture offers a path to climate...
Christina Ergas, University of Tennessee
Big farming is both a victim of climate change and a contributor. Droughts, floods...
Forests can’t handle all the net-zero emissions plans – companies and...
Doreen Stabinsky, College of the Atlantic and Kate Dooley, The University of Melbourne
Net-zero emissions pledges to protect the...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ pits energy vs. endangered species, but it’s a...
Dan Salas, University of Illinois Chicago
There’s a well-worn debate in U.S. politics that goes something like this: Would...
