Biodiversity moves beyond counting species
For decades, the study of biodiversity was essentially a numbers game: the more species an ecosystem had, the more...
How your teeth tell a story about your health
Manish Arora studies a young boy’s tooth on his computer screen, searching for crucial details about the child’s...
“A little bit of good intention with a lot of money can do a lot of harm”
Gabriel Browne, a small farmer in Liberia’s Harlandville Township, took a big risk when he agreed to let Buchanan...
How to plant a trillion trees
Many reforestation projects fail because they choose the wrong trees, use too few species or are not managed for the...
We don’t have enough organic farms. Why not?
It’s been weeks since he harvested his farm’s grains, and though Casey Bailey’s fields are mostly bare,...
Can superfoods boost the planet’s health, too?
Ensia As demand for African and Asian tree-based superfoods grows, researchers and entrepreneurs eye ways to...
Kenyans reacquire an old taste: eating healthier
The New York Times Starchy foods are not only insufficient to combat malnutrition; they have also displaced crops that...
Your exposome is the sum of every place you’ve ever been
Popular Science With a simple test, Dean Jones, professor of medicine at Emory University, says he can peg a pet...
These companies are figuring out how to reduce the toxics in electronics
Ensia As global consumption of cellphones and other devices soars, industry searches for ways to decrease the threat...
Africa’s indigenous fruit trees: A blessing in decline
Environmental Health Perspectives For probably as long as people have lived in Africa, they have eaten culturally and...
One by one, states are giving consumers the right to know about chemicals in products
Ensia From Vermont to Washington, an increasing number of states are requiring companies to report their use of...
The rise of Africa’s super vegetables
Nature Long overlooked in parts of Africa, indigenous greens are now capturing attention for their nutritional and...
Wasting less of Africa’s harvest in order to prosper
The New York Times Last year, Tanzania had exciting news: a bumper harvest of corn. But even as farmers were...
Natural gas boom brings major growth for U.S. chemical plants
Yale Environment 360 The surge in U.S. production of shale gas is leading to the rapid expansion of chemical and...
State-of-the-art soil
Nature A charcoal-rich product called biochar could boost agricultural yields and control pollution. Scientists are...
Everything that had been alive was buried
Matter Duke Energy was just fined $25 million for a huge coal ash leak in North Carolina. So why are the victims of...
The hidden indentured class
The American Prospect Sex trafficking isn't our only problem—forced labor accounts for a significant number of the...
