How HIV became a matter of international security
How HIV became a matter of international security Governments around the world were slow to get to grips with HIV/AIDS. But a big change came when they started understanding it […]
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When life hands you weeds, make weed art
Author – Mary Hoff for Ensia May 8, 2017 — To most of us, nonnative plants like garlic mustard and honeysuckle are at best irksome invaders — and often sources of […]
The future of food production in 12 charts
Author – Mary Hoff for Ensia May 1, 2017 — What will agriculture be called upon to accomplish in the decades ahead? How well is it prepared to answer that call? […]
Watch: Faith and environmental stewardship on the farm fields of eastern Iowa
Author – Todd Reubold for Ensia “We are within nature. We are part of nature. … We’re not divided from nature. We cannot be dismissive of nature because Christ himself […]
Is the United States ready for offshore aquaculture?
Author – Virginia Gewin for Ensia Editor’s note: This story was produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network, a non-profit investigative news organization. Harlon Pearce walks muck-booted past […]
Clean water is a basic human right, and we can and should make it affordable to everyone
Ask someone in Flint, Michigan, or São Paolo, Brazil — the list of cities rocked by water disasters seems to grow each day — how much safe clean water is worth. […]
Here’s what we need to accelerate progress on the UN’s 2030 global energy goals
I’m an optimist by nature, so when I see a new sustainable energy report I immediately look for the good news. And there’s plenty of that in the 2017 Global […]
Bringing aeroconservation down to Earth
Author – Niki Wilson for Ensia From migrating birds to pollinating bees to seed-dispersing plants, thousands of species depend on the quality of the aerosphere — the layer of […]
This robotic eel hunts down the source of water pollution
Check out this cool article by Jasmin Malik Chua for Inhabitat. The article describes a fascinating piece of technology that is being deployed by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne to assess […]
Diet Soft Drinks Linked to Health Risks
Recent studies have found that the consumption of even one soda per day increases your risk of new-onset metabolic syndrome by as much as 45%! Researchers expected to find negative […]