Is Organic Farming Really Better? It Depends.
Organic farming and conventional farming each have their own strengths and weaknesses that depend on application.
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Organic farming and conventional farming each have their own strengths and weaknesses that depend on application.
It goes without saying that forests are important. As the lung of our planet, they strongly contribute to converting carbon dioxide that we…
Nitrogen pollution is a big problem in standing water such as lakes and ponds. The nitrogen comes from many sources, often agricultural…
A group of agricultural researchers at West Virginia University wanted to find out if it was possible to grow lettuce year round using high…
A new international study casts doubt on the leading theory of what causes ice ages around the world — changes in the way the Earth…
For more than 250 million years, four-limbed land animals known as tetrapods have repeatedly conquered the Earth’s oceans. These…
Surface meltwater regularly travels to the bottom of the Greenland Ice Sheet and lubricates the flow of the ice into the ocean, but new…
Plumes seen reaching high above the surface of Mars are causing a stir among scientists studying the atmosphere on the Red Planet On two…
Disagreements in how we use words can cause major confusion. Sometimes, someone uses the word “far” to mean 50 miles, and other times…
For several decades scientists have been interested in the ability of psychrophilic (cold- loving) microbial communities to degrade the…