As far as we know, there is exactly one planet in our solar system—and the galaxy—which hosts life. And you're on it.
Earth Sciences
Sep 19, 2023
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The tools and policies that have worked to significantly reduce threats to the Great Lakes over the past century are ill-equipped to handle today's complex and interrelated challenges.
Environment
Aug 9, 2023
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Humans first started farming about 12,000 years ago. On the shores of the Euphrates and the Tigris, in what is now Iraq and Syria, small groups of people started to grow peas, lentils and barley independently of each other. ...
Ecology
May 15, 2023
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South Australian scientists have documented the catastrophic decline of a stand of red stringybark in the Clare Valley, a tree species that has survived in the region for 40,000 years but is now at risk of extinction due ...
Environment
Apr 12, 2023
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October morning temperatures topping 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) in Spain may have brought cheer to the tourists, but they are provoking concern among environmentalists.
Environment
Oct 31, 2022
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We can thank the pyramids of Giza for roads. A vital part of our built environment, they've been a staple of human existence for millennia. How they are built and used reveal a lot about our own modern societies and economies, ...
Archaeology
Oct 24, 2022
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Rewilding landscapes using elements of farming practice can help to restore ecosystems and produce high-welfare, high-quality food, researchers say.
Ecology
Sep 29, 2022
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In the long-delayed State of the Environment report released this week, there is one terrifying sentence: "Environmental degradation is now considered a threat to humanity, which could bring about societal collapses."
Environment
Jul 21, 2022
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Water quality is still "unacceptably poor" in many British rivers, research involving academics at York has shown.
Earth Sciences
Jul 8, 2022
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A Diverfarming project study compares the environmental footprint and the economic performance of traditional mandarin monocropping as opposed to growing mandarin intercropped with herbaceous crops and the use of deficit ...
Plants & Animals
May 17, 2022
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