Month: December 2017

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Looking for Ways to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agriculture

Aashima Dogra 17/12/2017

Sangeeta Lenka, a soil scientist, discusses her research in...

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Developing Countries Could Get Sick Before They Get Rich. Policy Can Help

Asit K Biswas and Kris Hartley 17/12/2017

Residents of cities in developing nations are increasingly susceptible...

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How the “Bikini Bridge” Went Viral and Why

Jenna Drenten and Lauren Gurrieri 17/12/2017

What happens when you combine a cultural obsession with...

Thomas Cole's The Course of Empire: Desolation, 1836. Credit: New York Historical Society/Wikipedia

Climate Played a Major Role in the Rise and Fall of Roman Civilisation

Kyle Harper 16/12/2017

The centrality of nature in Rome’s fall gives us...

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Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act is Hurting Forest Communities, Says Petition

Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar 15/12/2017

Rights groups tell parliamentary panel that even though late...

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Public Health Leaders Ask to Be Removed From Mailing List of Foundation Offering Them Tobacco-Funded Grants

Anoo Bhuyan 15/12/2017

This follows The Wire's exclusive story this week about...

A man collects recyclablesr from an alley as smoke billows from the chimney of a factory in rural Gaoyi county, known for its ceramics production, near Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China, December 7, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Thomas Peter

Industries Struggle in Beijing’s Fight Against Smog

Meng Meng and Elias Glenn 15/12/2017

Gas shortages have sent prices soaring nationwide, undermining a...