Environment

Vermont recently passed a law putting warning labels on GMOs, but they made sure to have lots of important exemptions - restaurants were exempt, any prepared food was exempt, alcohol was…

Outside the developed world, global population continues to rise but all of the best agricultural locations are in use. If we want people to be self-sufficient (and we do) science is going to need to…

Mother Nature may be out to kill us but we shouldn't take it personally. She is out to kill everything. We just never noticed in the past.  Today, thanks to long-term science projects, we can…

In our hyperactive media climate, where every incident is proof or not proof of something, it has become common to see claims that wildfires have become worse due to global warming even as American…

Civil engineering scholars have created a method that uses solar energy to accelerate pond reclamation efforts by industry and that means cleaning up oil sands tailings could be a lot greener.…

Khabarovsk Krai, a territory occupying the coastline of the Sea of Okhotsk, is on fire. Dozens of red hotspots, accompanied by plumes of smoke mark active fires. The smoke, which appears mostly white…

There are few things as spectacular as flying into Pennsylvania in the autumn. The myriad vibrant colors in the trees inspire people to take jaunts into the countryside.  That will still happen…

It's no secret how Africa can feed itself - grow more food. That sort of naïve statement is fine for environmentalists who were born as part of the  Agricultural 1%, but it falls apart in the…

Over half of the Earth's accessible agricultural land is already under cultivation because ecological factors such as climate, soil quality, water supply and topography determined the suitability of…

Fires, mudslides and earthquakes are part of California life but residents might be wishing for a few more mudslides right about now. The temperature is nothing special but the worst drought in…