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![A BQ-100 Beechcraft aircraft fitted with canisters containing Silver Iodide, Sodium Chloride and Potassium Chloride on its wings takes off during the cloud seeding experiment Project Varshadhari at Jakkur Airport in the Indian city of Bangalore on August 21, 2017.]()
![A BQ-100 Beechcraft aircraft fitted with canisters containing Silver Iodide, Sodium Chloride and Potassium Chloride on its wings takes off during the cloud seeding experiment Project Varshadhari at Jakkur Airport in the Indian city of Bangalore on August 21, 2017.]()
Can cloud seeding help quench the thirst of the US West?
In the midst of a historic megadrought, states in the American West are embracing cloud seeding to increase snow and rainfall.
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![Two men in white hazmat suits water a bare plot of soil.]()
![Two men in white hazmat suits water a bare plot of soil.]()
A tribe in Maine is using hemp to remove ‘forever chemicals’ from the soil
Can it work for PFAS-contaminated farms?
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An ‘emerging crisis’: The climate is changing too fast for plants and animals to adapt
New UN report highlights how warming temperatures are upending nature's life cycles — with devastating impacts on agriculture and biodiversity.
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![Black-and-white cows stand on a dirt path, which leads to a stream of water. A red barn sits in the background.]()
![Black-and-white cows stand on a dirt path, which leads to a stream of water. A red barn sits in the background.]()
Can paying farmers to stop farming save the planet? Experts aren’t so sure.
This USDA program has been fighting soil erosion for decades. Now it’s pivoting to climate change.
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![Medium shot of cattle in pen on farm on summer morning.]()
![Medium shot of cattle in pen on farm on summer morning.]()
There are ‘forever chemicals’ in beef now
How toxic PFAS made their way from sewage to fertilizer to beef in Michigan.
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![Farmer standing in corn field affected by drought]()
![Farmer standing in corn field affected by drought]()
Extreme weather is destroying more crops. Taxpayers are footing the bill.
Climate change is straining agricultural insurance systems in the US.
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Pipelines keep robbing the land long after the bulldozers leave
A flurry of new research shows the long-term effects of pipelines on crop yields.
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The country’s biggest solar farm is coming to one of the coal-friendliest states
How one small farming community in Indiana came to embrace a massive solar project.
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Beyond greenwashing: How chain restaurants could actually address their climate pollution
Step one is changing the menu.
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![Man looking at landscape with illustrated wind turbines]()
![Man looking at landscape with illustrated wind turbines]()
To get rural Americans involved in climate crisis, see them for who they are
Despite stereotypes, there's really only one characteristic they all share: They hate being told what to do.
