A new survey of bacteria in bird feces reveals how humans are infecting animals, and how the problem could boomerang back to ...
Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. Humans need water to live. But the world’s fast-growing population and changing climate are putting the supply of this precious resource at risk. Removing ...
In the middle of the 19 th century, millions of wild passenger pigeons were slaughtered each year in the United States to feed the appetites of city-dwellers. Once numbering in the billions with ...
Many believe one way to feed the world is to move our crops indoors where they’ll be shielded from the vagaries of weather, pests, and disease. Yet this type of farming requires large amounts of ...
Hydrogels can capture vapor from the air to water plants. Now scientists have infused them with slow-release fertilizers as well.