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Brazil floods strike blow to powerful agriculture sector
AFP via Yahoo News· 4 days agoFloodwaters in Brazil have swallowed up soybean fields and farming equipment, cutting off roads,...
Environmental Changes Are Fueling Human, Animal and Plant Diseases, Study Finds
New York Times· 6 days agoBiodiversity loss, global warming, pollution and the spread of invasive species are making...
Biodiversity Loss Increases the Risk of Disease Outbreaks, Analysis Suggests
Smithsonian Magazine· 1 day agoPublished last week in the journal Nature, the findings suggest anthropogenic environmental changes are making the risk of infectious disease outbreaks all the more likely. The biodiversity ...
Artificial Turf Is Tearing Towns Apart
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoArtificial turf could have detrimental effects on the young people playing on it, as well: Research about whether playing on artificial turf raises...
3 Agriculture ETFs to Own to Hedge Against El Nino's Wrath
InvestorPlace· 11 hours agoWith Brazil’s southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul, underwater due to torrential rains caused by El...
Cloud Brightening Study in California Is Halted by Local Officials
New York Times· 1 day agoResearchers had been testing a sprayer that could one day be used to push a salty mist skyward,...
Why climate change is making parasitic diseases harder to predict
Phys.org· 1 day agoBluetongue is a problem in many countries and, as the climate changes, is expected to spread...
Alarmed by Climate Change, Astronomers Train Their Sights on Earth
New York Times· 15 hours agoA growing number of researchers in the field are using their expertise to fight the climate crisis....
The Doom vs. Optimism Debate
New York Times· 5 days agoHow to reconcile two new reports that seem to tell very different stories about the state of climate change. Depending on how you look at it, the climate...
Demonized as contributing to climate change, cattle may actually decrease emissions, research shows
Just the News· 1 day agoFew things have escaped environmentalists' scorn, and even cows have not been exempt from blame for...