HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — From centuries-old fertilization methods in Zimbabwe to new greenhouse technology in Somalia, farmers on the agriculturally dependent African continent are looking to the past and future to respond to climate change. Africa, with the world’s youngest population, faces the worst impacts of a warming planet yet contributes the least to the … Read more
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — From centuries-old fertilization methods in Zimbabwe to new greenhouse technology in Somalia, farmers on the agriculturally dependent African continent are looking to the past and future to respond to climate change. Africa, with the world’s youngest population, faces the worst impacts of a warming planet yet contributes the least to the … Read more
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The nation’s rivers and streams remain persistently polluted with nutrients that contaminate drinking water and fuel a massive dead zone for aquatic life in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a newly released Environmental Protection Agency assessment. It’s a difficult problem concentrated in agricultural areas that drain into the Mississippi River. … Read more
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The nation’s rivers and streams remain persistently polluted with nutrients that contaminate drinking water and fuel a massive dead zone for aquatic life in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a newly released Environmental Protection Agency assessment. It’s a difficult problem concentrated in agricultural areas that drain into the Mississippi River. … Read more