Blogs Food & Agriculture
Extreme Weather 101: Drought & Our Changing Climate
Scientist Mike Brewer and meteorologist Dan Satterfield explain the connection between drought and a changing climate.
Image of the Day: Satellite Spots Parched U.S. Landscape
A NASA satellite image clearly shows the record 2012 U.S. drought in the form of unhealthy, thirsty vegetation.
Image of the Day: Cookies & Candy for the Cows
With this year's drought driving up corn prices, farmers have turned to a cheaper feed solution of cookies and candy.
Image of the Day: Fish Sticks! A One-Two Climate Punch
For Alaska pollock, the white fish primarily used in fish-sticks, climate change is a one-two punch.
Image of the Day: Drought Forces Cows to Moo-ve East
Ranchers out West are being forced to move their cattle eastward in order to escape extreme drought conditions.
Image of Day: Exotic Crops May Become the Norm in UK
New global warming research suggests that by 2060 England may look very much like Madeira, an island just off Morocco.
Stephen Colbert Warns of Drought’s “Arid Hellscape”
On his Comedy Central show, Stephen Colbert tackled the massive U.S. drought and its impacts on agriculture.
Image of the Day: Population Grows, but the Earth Doesn’t
The United Nations predicts that the global population will reach 9 billion people within the next 40 years.
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