Topic
Environment
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Delger Erdenesanaa • May 28, 2021
Past tree-planting pushes have had unintended ecological consequences
Lauren Leffer • April 27, 2021
Financial, cultural and structural barriers stand in the way, but momentum is on the side of a changing agricultural landscape
Lauren Leffer • April 23, 2021
Brood X periodical cicadas come out every 17 years and are set to emerge this spring. One day, they might not
Niko McCarty • April 9, 2021
Chloride pollution, caused largely by de-icing salts and water softeners, is increasing across the country. A small town in Minnesota is fed up.
Ethan Freedman • April 8, 2021
New York City’s East River was once a bustling wildlife habitat. Could yesterday’s ecosystem return to today's metropolis?
Abe Musselman • March 3, 2021
Diesel fuel is costly and polluting, so communities are exploring other options
Jackie Appel • March 3, 2021
About 10 vaquitas are left on the planet, but a new study confirms fishing nets pose a much bigger extinction threat than inbreeding
Delger Erdenesanaa • February 17, 2021
Experts warn erosion is depleting the essential but scarce soil nutrient
Casey Crownhart • January 25, 2021
The popular weed killer could impair honeybees’ immune systems, leaving them vulnerable to infections
Ethan Freedman • January 20, 2021
Biodiversity loss represents a growing environmental threat, conservationists say
Huanjia Zhang • January 19, 2021
Global warming does not discriminate, but the system that prepares farmers for it does
Ethan Freedman • January 15, 2021
Global warming tips the scales in favor of invaders in the region
Lauren Leffer • January 13, 2021
To save the plants, one scientific field highlights the importance of protecting Indigenous knowledge
Huanjia Zhang • January 11, 2021
The pandemic has exposed and worsened deep-seated problems in a meat industry dominated by huge producers
Delger Erdenesanaa • January 6, 2021
Meteorologists are starting to talk about climate change