Microbes Help Humans: Our Invisible Allies
Microbes are everywhere — on land, in the sea and in the air. They are on us and inside us. All living things interact daily with bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms. We consume them
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Premium Wine Threatened By Climate Change
A much as 70% of the world's wine-growing regions, from Spain, Italy, and Greece to southern California, will become potentially or completely incapable of producing high-end wine if global temperatures rise more
There’s Petroleum Hidden in Your Jeans
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of its famous 501 jeans, Levi’s announced the release of a new plant-based 501 Jean. If you’re slightly confused by this, you’re not alone. After all, a
Back to Our Roots: The Rise of Human Composting
Frederick “Fritz” Weresch planned on becoming a math teacher or a famous actor. He was empathetic and diplomatic, known to gently encourage the shy students to speak up in class. The high
EPA Weakens Methane Rule as Pollution Soars
This year, levels of methane, a powerful heat-trapping gas, hit an all-time high, driven in large part by pollution leaking from gas pipelines and drilling sites. Plugging these leaks is cheap, has enormous upsides for
Methane Levels Reach an All-Time High
A preliminary estimate from NOAA finds that levels of atmospheric methane, a potent heat-trapping gas, have hit an all-time high. Methane is roughly 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide, and while
Thawing Permafrost Is Letting Scientists Study Long-Dead Diseases
For decades, the Inuit woman, a victim of the 1918 Spanish flu, lay buried in a mass grave under six feet of Alaskan permafrost. But when the frozen ground began to thaw
A Radical Approach to Farming From a New Generation of Growers
Sometimes, it’s easy to get lost in the soil. It’s a relationship that people passionate about farming have with the earth, especially this time of year. It infuses their lives, leaving everything
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An Opportunity for Farmers In a Green New Deal
This month, a group of Democratic lawmakers called for an ambitious plan for the United States to reach net-zero carbon pollution. While experts debate whether the proposal is technologically or politically feasible,
Meet the Gribble. She Holds the Key to Cheaper, Cleaner Biofuels.
The tiny gribble — less than an inch long — lives in coastal marine environments and feasts upon wood. It gobbles up sticks and logs that wash into the sea from river estuaries, performing an important
Hurricane Harvey Spurred the Spread of Dangerous Diseases
In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, J.R. Atkins, 38, hauled his kayak into the flooded streets of his community and went to check on his elderly neighbors. A former paramedic, he knew
Rising Temperatures Are Causing Soil to Dump More Carbon Dioxide Into the Air
Nature is breathing. Trees inhale carbon dioxide and store that carbon in their leaves and branches. After they die, microbes in the soil gobble up their carbon-rich leftovers and exhale carbon dioxide
A Better Kind of Cow Fart
Raising cattle contributes to global warming in a big way. The animals expel large amounts of methane when they burp and fart, a greenhouse gas many times more potent than carbon dioxide.
Fed Up With Flooding, Arkansas Town Works With Storms, Not Against Them
Set just northeast of the Arkansas River, the City of Conway has a history of damaging floods. As severe storms grow more frequent, the problem is getting worse. Recent floods ravaged downtown
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The Legacy of Ohio’s Abandoned Mines
Today, there are few working mines left in southeastern Ohio, but the region still bears the scar from years of extraction. Thousands of mines were opened and closed before there were any
Zombie Mammoths to the Rescue
Scientists have a fix for one of the greatest threats facing our climate. It’s big. It’s hairy, and it’s been dead 10,000 years. In a madcap scheme to slow the melt of