Only with a population growth rate of zero might we have some hope for planetary stability.
Category: food
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Agricultural Landscapes
Farms are no longer using cropland diversity to hedge their bets against pests, pathogens and drought.
William Schlesinger
agriculture, environmental health, faculty, food, lakes and streams, toxicology, water pollution
agriculture, environmental health, faculty, food, lakes and streams, toxicology, water pollution
Atrazine
Atrazine resembles the growth hormones of other organisms, including frogs and potentially humans.
Food Waste
Cutting food waste in half would save 8% of greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere—even more if we were to consume less beef in our diet.
Will the Cornucopia Run Dry?
The southwestern United States is nearing a global-warming exacerbated drought of record-breaking length and intensity
The Planetary Toll of Your Morning Coffee
When you decide to have a cup of coffee, you have already made your largest contribution to the energy used to deliver coffee to your cup.
Food Energy
there is no doubt that a vegetarian diet would have much less impact on the climate.
The Climate Underground
We can’t count on better management of soils to solve the climate crisis
Nitrogen Pollution
Nearly all nitrogen pollution stems from agriculture, which strives to feed more than 7 billion of us with low-cost abundance.
When Bigger is Better
As the ocean’s stocks of fishes have been depleted under existing policy, some dramatic new changes are needed.