Plants are unlikely to soak up excess carbon dioxide as temperatures rise, a study concludes.
Food Waste Pilot Hailed A Success
A pilot in which homes had food waste collected separately and composted is hailed a success by government advisers.
Our Good Earth. The Future Rests On The Soil Beneath Our Feet.
By 2030, when today’s toddlers have toddlers of their own, 8.3 billion people will walk the Earth; to feed them farmers will have to grow almost 30 percent more grain than they do now.
Superfood Rice Bran Contains Arsenic
Rice bran – a so-called “superfood” – might contain dangerous amounts of a natural poison.
World's Farmers Turn To Raw Sewage For Irrigation
As cities and industries suck up ever more of the world’s scarce water resources, agriculture is destined to rely increasingly on recycling the contents of urban sewers.
Eat Kangaroo To "Save The Planet"
Switching from beef to kangaroo burgers could significantly help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Buzzzzzz Kill
The loss of billions of bees raises questions about our pesticide controls.
Midwest Flooding May Worsen Dead Zone
Scientists have predicted that this year’s dead zone – an area of the Gulf of Mexico that lacks enough oxygen to support marine life – will be the largest ever in part because of the recent floods in the region.
Sugar for Biofuel to Displace Kenya's Tana Delta Wildlife
Kenya’s Mumias Sugar Company has gotten the okay to cover Kenya’s Tana River Delta – inhabited by 350 species of birds, lions, elephants, rare sharks and reptiles – with sugar cane fields for biofuels.
Can Weeds Help Solve the Climate Crisis?
Weedy ancestors of our food crops, some scientists predict, will cope far better with coming climatic changes than their domesticated descendants.