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Apr 28, 2017 10:47AM
It’s now legal to swap and collect seeds in California, making it the fourth state to loosen 80-year-old industrial regulations that hamper non-commercial seed libraries.
Mar 31, 2017 09:20AM
With 30 percent of shark species threatened with extinction, island nations are establishing bans on shark fishing in surrounding waters.
From New England to the West Coast, forests are under attack from an army of invasive insects that may eat several native tree species to extinction.
From Paris to Athens to Seattle, cities are struggling to counter vehicular pollution with car-free days and other strategies.
A South African girl has designed a super-absorbent polymer made of recycled avocado skins and orange peels that can store reserves of water hundreds of time its own weight.
Feb 28, 2017 11:25AM
At least two water districts in California’s Central Valley are selling oilfield wastewater to farmers, threatening the safety of Americans’ food supply.
Fish farms in backyards and pools throughout Africa are boosting incomes for 10 million people and improving the diets of 200 million more.
Jan 31, 2017 11:46AM
More than 640,000 tons of traps, crab pots, nets and other fishing gear litter the ocean floor worldwide, trapping and killing marine life.
Listen well. Australian scientists have found that plants communicate underground through series of clicks, sometimes in frequencies audible to the human ear.
Dec 28, 2016 12:43PM
As the world’s eighth-largest economy, California is throwing its weight behind greenhouse-gas reduction by setting ambitious 2030 goals and putting 1.5 million zero-emission state cars on the road.
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