U.S. agricultural systems are world leaders in the production of food, fuel and fiber. This high level of production enables U.S. consumers to spend an average of only 8.6 percent of their disposable income on food, a percentage ...
Economics & Business
Mar 1, 2022
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For the first time, an international team of researchers has assessed the impact on the stability of the Earth system of the cocktail of synthetic chemicals and other "novel entities" flooding the environment. The 14 scientists ...
Environment
Jan 18, 2022
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Ten years in the making, a study co-led by a researcher at Université de Montréal warns that many First Nations face three to five times the rate of food insecurity than the Canadian population overall—especially families ...
Other
Nov 23, 2021
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The government of Brazil, much criticized for its environmental policies, said Monday it would cut 2005-level greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030—up from a previous pledge of 43 percent.
Environment
Nov 2, 2021
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Aboriginal people in Australia view Wild Country—"wilderness"—as sick country. Land that has been degraded through lack of care.
Ecology
Oct 11, 2021
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The most severe mass extinction event in the past 540 million years eliminated more than 90 percent of Earth's marine species and 75 percent of terrestrial species. Although scientists had previously hypothesized that the ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 21, 2021
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Radical changes to the food system are needed to safeguard our food supply and combat malnutrition in the face of climate change, environmental degradation and epidemics, says new report.
Environment
May 13, 2021
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Easter is the biggest chocolate-buying time of the year. But who's really paying for the cost of that chocolate?
Social Sciences
Apr 2, 2021
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The independent review of Australia's main environment law, released last week, provided a sobering but accurate appraisal of a dire situation.
Plants & Animals
Feb 3, 2021
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In the face of ongoing conflict and environmental degradation, how might a nation, such as Nigeria, build a democracy that might be sustained? That is the question addressed by work published in the International Journal ...
Social Sciences
Jan 21, 2021
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