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Recycling food waste has a climate upside and a plastics downside

A study of American composting and biogas schemes finds a climate win is shadowed by a microplastics problem. The clue is what food is wrapped in.
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Why crops are becoming less nutritious

Rising CO2 is the likely culprit for fewer nutrients like zinc, protein, and iron in our food, but experts say more research is needed.
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Germans could save over €12,000 by ditching gas boiler for solar, battery and heat pump

Despite hefty installation costs, electrifying your home could help you save thousands of euros, new analysis shows.
A small wildfire on a mountain with a helicopter flying overhead

What to do when wildfires trigger trauma

The wildfires this summer have broken records in Germany and are unlikely to subside in future. Psychologists say post-traumatic stress disorder caused by such disasters is serious but can be treated if people seek help.
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As Minnesota gets warmer and wetter, what does that mean for drought?

A new national study is calling for a new framework for drought assessment that better captures the long-term effect of climate change.
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How climate change is messing with your blood

Our blood chemistry is changing as carbon emissions rise, according to a new study.

Lobster men keeping Maine's sorting live lobsters to be sold at the docks at the end of their work day in Vinalhaven Island Maine.

Lobsters and acidic seas: Can shellfish help neutralize one of the greatest threats to the ocean?

Crustaceans are the subject of tests to see if alkalis added to seawater, so it absorbs more carbon dioxide, harm marine life. But Trump’s halt to funding threatens to scupper the research.

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A Supreme Court case may be slowing Trump’s next climate rollback

“EPA is trying to have their cake and eat it, too,” said one environmental lawyer.
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As Europe bakes, momentum grows for climate-resilient farming

With Britain about to record its hottest summer yet, Sam Squier's nearly 200-acre beef farm in southeast England stands out as a lush, green oasis surrounded by scorched brown fields.

Two women planting cacao seeds in bags under a greenhouse roof

Filipino cacao growers learn to live with a hotter climate

In the documentary “Chocolates Melting Away,” Breech Asher Harani explores how cacao growers in the Philippines are developing new techniques to protect their crops from increasingly turbulent weather.

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