Environment

CHARTS: The Top 5 Land-Grabbing Countries

British, American, and Chinese investors are racing to snag prime agricultural land in war-torn, malnourished countries.

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| Wed Feb. 6, 2013 4:06 AM PST

Nearly Half of All US Farms Now Have Superweeds

Roundup-resistant weeds colonized 60 million US acres in 2012—up 50 percent from the year before.

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| Wed Feb. 6, 2013 4:06 AM PST

How Industrial Pot Growers Ravage the Land: A Google Earth Tour

When you get high enough, the "green rush" doesn't look so green.

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| Wed Feb. 6, 2013 4:06 AM PST

Paper Giant Pledges to Leave the Poor Rainforest Alone. Finally.

Asia Pulp & Paper—the notorious destroyer of pristine tiger and orangutan habitat—says it's changing its ways.

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| Tue Feb. 5, 2013 1:06 AM PST

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Study: Common Pesticides Kill Frogs on Contact

Here's what happens when frogs get directly sprayed with farm pesticides.

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| Sat Feb. 2, 2013 5:02 AM PST

Butterflies Booking It North as Climate Warms

In the past 19 years a warming climate has radically reshaped Massachusetts butterfly communities.

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| Thu Jan. 31, 2013 4:21 AM PST
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Can Antibiotics Cure Hunger?

A pair of new studies offers further evidence that the bugs in our gut may play a crucial role in our overall health.

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| Mon Feb. 4, 2013 4:06 AM PST

Will Your Waiter Give You the Flu?

Nearly 80 percent of food workers don't get paid sick leave, so you do the math.

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| Thu Jan. 31, 2013 4:06 AM PST

Humans Have Already Set in Motion 69 Feet of Sea Level Rise

Glaciologist Jason Box describes a post-warming world that you won’t even be able to recognize.

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| Thu Jan. 31, 2013 4:02 AM PST

The Surprising Connection Between Food and Fracking

Synthetic fertilizer operations have a huge appetite for fracked natural gas.

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| Wed Jan. 30, 2013 4:01 AM PST
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Tragedy of the Commune

Author Nathanael Johnson on his "All Natural" upbringing and why you can't flee the world's problems.

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| Mon Jan. 28, 2013 4:01 AM PST

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Photo Essays + Slideshows

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Never Before Seen Photos From Legendary Street Photographer Garry Winogrand

Fourteen amazing scenes of life in America—and hundreds more where that came from.

Photos: Too Old for Prison?

I just watched one of my subjects die. I don't want to get used to this.

Claressa "T-Rex" Shields

No Endorsements, No Problem: Boxing Gold Medalist Claressa Shields Keeps Fighting

Back home in Michigan, the Olympian juggles homework, dating—and a strict training schedule.

The Greatest Senatorial Hair Cuts of All Time

'Do process: Memorable hair styles, from John C. Calhoun's bed-head to Joe Biden's party in the back.

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