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Tourists trample tulips while taking selfies in Holland
Dutch authorities are pleading with selfie-taking tourists not to trample through beds of tulips.
How will ‘stressed-out’ plants weather climate change?
In a world with more extreme temperatures, especially heat, plants, too, will be "stressed out."
Can technology save farms from the worst of climate change?
Extreme weather patterns and volatility pose a difficult challenge for farmers to overcome. But technology can help.
In places like NYC urban agriculture may not be a panacea
Environmental outcomes in the city's agricultural landscape are far less green than widely assumed.
The U.S.-China trade war could harm the Amazon’s forests
Two decades of growth in the global market for soya has already led to large-scale deforestation in the Amazon.
Strawberries, spinach and kale are riddled with pesticides
Nearly 70% of nonorganic produce in the U.S. contains pesticide residues.