Environment

Scientists are harnessing the power of the sun to replicate a propane-fueled annual tradition without... (more)

Often overlooked, diverse microbes are the key to healthy soil. How will a warming planet... (more)

Innovative producers and researchers are turning to wood, cork, mushrooms and other materials in an... (more)

The Biden administration is paying US companies to boost synthetic fertilizer production to compensate for... (more)

The state grows the vast majority of the global almond supply. As water becomes scarcer,... (more)

Researchers expect global tomato production to decline as droughts and rising temperatures affect major growing... (more)

Wet agriculture, called paludiculture, turns peatlands into productive growing areas.

Indigenous practitioners around the world have farmed with only rainwater for millennia. But it’s unclear... (more)

Lawmakers are considering using part of the state’s $100-billion budget surplus to buy water rights... (more)

Western states are getting hotter and drier each year, with little to no water to... (more)