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Farmers and ranchers, with their livelihoods intimately tied to weather and the environment, might not be able to depend on research conducted by the…
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Mike Berners-Lee might not be an expert on the American Thanksgiving. A native of the UK, he's never actually had the pleasure of experiencing one. But as…
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Driving down a two-lane highway in rural Missouri, Matt Plenge squinted at a patch of gray clouds hanging low over his farm fields in the distance. "Does…
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's new plan offers incentives to farmers who volunteer to take steps that would help cut agriculture's contribution to…
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Scientists have noticed a change in the atmosphere. Plants are taking in more carbon dioxide during the growing season and giving off more carbon in the…
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Biofuels made in the Midwest from corn stover -- the leftovers of harvested corn plants -- might be worse for global warming than gasoline in the short…
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Too many people of power in government and big business deny humanity’s influence on climate change, so the continent’s biggest progressive forces are…
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Days after April Fools Day, we still look over our shoulders, and one political prank breathing down our necks is the “new” GOP.President Obama’s…
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For this week’s program, Rich Egger spoke with Dr Eric Grimm of the Illinois State Museum. They talked after Grimm gave the presentation “The Science of…
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Climate change is not just an abstract, an inconvenience, or a disaster limited to Arctic ice or coastal populations during superstorms like Hurricane…