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A child holds a cob of corn, a primary source of food for people and livestock, as well as an important source of biofuel energy. Credit: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images

Climate Change Could Lead to Major Crop Failures in World’s Biggest Corn Regions

By Georgina Gustin
A new study that attempts to calculate the climate impact of different types of food across the global production system finds big differences depending a variety of things, including how the food is produced, packaged and transported. Credit: Andreas Ren

Your Food Choices Can Have a Big Climate Impact, So Be Picky, Scientists Say

By Georgina Gustin
A satellite image captures algae blooms in Lake Erie in 2011. Toledo, Ohio, is at the southwestern tip of the lake. Credit: European Space Agency

Toxic Algae Blooms Occurring More Often, May Be Caught in Climate Change Feedback Loop

By Georgina Gustin
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt flew to a Georgia school to announce that the EPA will now consider the burning of biomass, such as wood, to be carbon neutral. Credit: EPA

Pruitt's Friends Became Lobbyists, Then Handed Their Clients an EPA Biomass Win

By Marianne Lavelle
The food and beverage industry, where the supply chain is already feeling the effects of climate change on crops and water supplies, has the largest percentage of big companies setting greenhouse gas emissions goals with deadlines. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Ge

Which U.S. Industries Are Setting the Strongest Climate Goals?

By Georgina Gustin
Poultry industry chicken houses can hold tens of thousands of birds. Credit: U.S. Department of Agriculture

Giant Chicken Houses Overrun Delmarva, and Neighbors Fear It's Making Them Sick

By Georgina Gustin
A new study matched what people reported eating with the carbon footprint of those foods and then ranked them. Beef was a big part of the difference. Credit: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

America’s Biggest Beef Eaters Responsible for Large Chunk of Climate Emissions

By Georgina Gustin
Volcanic plains tend to be fertile farmland. Credit: SounderBruce/CC-BY-SA-2.0

How Crushed Volcanic Rock in Farm Soil Can Store Carbon and Boost Crops

By Georgina Gustin
Millions of Brazilian free-tailed bats spend summers in the Bracken Cave near San Antonio, Texas. A study finds they're arriving earlier and staying longer as the planet warms. Credit: Ann Froschauer/USFWS

Bat Swarms on Weather Radar Reveal Earlier Migration as Planet Warms

By Bob Berwyn
Frank Gehrke, head of California's water survey, measures the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada several times a year. This photo was taken in 2010, ahead of the last major drought. Credit: Max Whittaker/Getty Images

Is California's Drought Returning? Snowpack Nears 2015's Historic Lows

By Georgina Gustin
Almond, soy and other plant-based milks (even pea milk) have a smaller carbon footprint than cow’s milk, and they’re cutting into dairy’s market share. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Cows vs. Almonds and Soy: Who Gets to Be Called Milk, and Are They Climate Friendly?

By Georgina Gustin
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, meeting here with miners in Pennsylvania, has pushed scientists off the EPA's Science Advisory Board and brought in representatives from industries the agency regulates. Credit: Justin Merriman/Getty Images

Trump Administration Deserts Science Advisory Boards Across Agencies

By Georgina Gustin
Germany, Denmark and Sweden have all considered behavioral, or "sin taxes," on meat for health and environment reasons. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Sugar Gets Taxed in Some Countries. Could Meat Be Next?

By Georgina Gustin

How Fossil Fuel Donors Shaped the Anti-Climate Agenda of a Powerful Congressional Committee

By David Hasemyer, Marianne Lavelle
Vertical lettuce crop. Credit: Valcenteau/CC-BY-SA-2.0

Can Food Still Be Organic If It's Grown Without Soil?

By Georgina Gustin

Warming Drives Unexpected Pulses of CO2 from Forest Soil

By Bob Berwyn
Eating grass-fed beef doesn’t get climate-conscious carnivores off the hook. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Eating Grass-Fed Beef Isn’t as Climate-Friendly as You May Think

By Georgina Gustin
Tropical forests of the Amazon Basin. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Death by 1,000 Cuts: Why the Forest Carbon Sink Is Disappearing

By Georgina Gustin

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