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agriculture

When maximizing food production manufactures disaster risk

By Charlie Mather, Gerald Singh | Analysis, Climate Change

Cattle.

Preventing the next pandemic should start with protecting farm workers

By Amy K. Liebman, Claire Hutkins Seda | Biosecurity

corn maze with Einstein's face and spiral galaxy

Introduction: Bringing the world’s food production in line with global climate goals

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change, Special Topics

Regenerative agriculture sequesters carbon—but that’s not the only benefit and shouldn’t be the only goal

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change, Special Topics

cows in Switzerland against mountains

Does ‘net zero’ mean zero cows?

By John Lynch, Raymond Pierrehumbert | Climate Change, Special Topics

flood-resistant rice field in India, before and after

We need to act now to ensure global food security and reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions

By Bradley R. Ringeisen, Clarice de Azevedo Souza, Elizabeth Njuguna, Pamela C. Ronald | Climate Change, Special Topics

climate protests COP28

We cannot afford another lost year for food and climate action

By Emile Frison | Climate Change, Special Topics

A toxic grass that threatens a quarter of US cows is spreading because of climate change

By Robert Langellier | Climate Change

cows with tagged ears in front of a blue and cloudy sky

Ireland isn’t culling cows for climate. But maybe it should be?

By Jan Dutkiewicz | Climate Change

grades in fall during harvest

A glass of wine with your climate crisis?

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change

wind farm

Gone with the winds? What happens if there is a ‘global terrestrial stilling’

By Jim Robbins | Climate Change

Helping pollen beat the heat to save global agriculture

By Carolyn Beans | Climate Change