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Wasps are protecting crops from famine-causing worms

Each year, more than 2 million hectares (5 million acres) of millet crops nationwide are vulnerable to the pest, said Garba.

28 Nov 2019

Climate Change

This American city is on its way to becoming a haven for climate migrants

Minnesota town Duluth is among a group of cities that scientists predict will become top destinations for Americans abandoning parts of the country made inhospitable by climate change.

28 Oct 2019

Future of Food

A vegan and animal cruelty-free fund will start trading on the Stock Exchange

The investment fund will include only companies that do not test products on animals, or use animal-derived products, fossil fuels, plastic or agrochemicals.

28 Aug 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

吃完生蚝，剩下的壳还有什么用？

Brendan Causgroves与生蚝的第一次“邂逅”并不美妙。他一口喝掉一小杯烈酒，被杯底肥厚的生蚝呛到了。

24 May 2019

United States

Children could influence their parents views on climate change

North Carolinian teens and children have been shown to have an influencing effect on their parents' own views on environmental issues and climate change.

16 May 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Are floating-cities the solution to rising sea levels? The UN thinks so

A UN-backed partnership will study the futuristic prospect of floating cities, looking at how platforms at sea might help bail out coastal cities at risk of flooding due to climate change.

05 Apr 2019

Water

US faces fresh water shortages due to climate change, research says

Increasing population and rising temperatures will have a serious impact on US fresh water supply, prompting researchers to warn of severe shortages in the future.

04 Mar 2019

United States

Return of the milkman? How one grocery business is going packaging-free

New businesses are popping up delivering food to customers in reusable packaging - in a return to a model like traditional milk deliveries.

20 Feb 2019

Africa

In Ethiopia, climate change leads herders to retrain as farmers

A initiative which helps retrain Ethiopian herders to farm off the land is proving popular people in the country's Hamar region.

13 Feb 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Here's how New Orleans is working to prevent coastline erosion

The state of Louisiana has lost more than 4,700 square km of land since the 1930s, and it's feared another 5,800 square km could go in the next half century.

05 Dec 2018