Biodiversity
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Neonicotinoids: The New DDT? (video)
Neonicotinoids are the most widely used insecticides in the world. They’ve been linked to the decline of honeybees. But scientists…
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The Tree of 40 Fruit
In trying to find different varieties of stone fruit to create the Tree of 40 Fruit, I realized that for…
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An Embarrassment for Both Yale University and the New York Times: “To Save the Planet, Don’t Plant Trees”
Dr. Nadine Unger, an assistant professor of atmospheric chemistry at Yale, had an op-ed published in the Opinion Pages of…
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The Kink in the Human Brain
Pointless, joyless consumption is destroying our world of wonders. This is a moment at which anyone with the capacity for…
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Expanding Farmlands with Reduced Cropping
According to a new research findings, over the next 100 years due to climate change, land suitable for agriculture is…
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Goats Better Than Chemicals for Curbing Invasive Marsh Grass (USA)
Periodic livestock grazing keeps invasive plant in check, helps restore views and biodiversity. This image shows goats in a fenced…
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Meet Mr. Glyphosate – a Case Study in Excess
Thanks to a reader for sending this along to us. I don’t normally like to publish posts that reflect negatively…
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How Roundup® Poisoned My Nature Reserve
A personal witness to the devastating demise of wild pollinators and other species as glyphosate herbicides increase in the environment.…
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Alihuen: An Agrarian Conservation Story (Chile)
Click the ‘CC’ button to choose subtitles (English and French available) Alihuen means big tree in the language of the…
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The British Thermopylae – and the Case for Reintroducing Big Cats, a Weird and Wonderful Tale
Y Gododdin is one of the few surviving accounts by the Britons of what the Anglo-Saxons did to them. It…
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Crash on Demand – or Rapid Transition?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6pFDu7lLV4 The Arctic Death Spiral and the Methane Time Bomb (Duration: 1:11:11) Please watch before continuing with the article. Can…
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Planet Ocean (Documentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH1s9GCqPKo Duration: 1:28:59 "Planet Ocean" is an international documentary directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand and Michael Pitiot. It has won "Best…
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