May 16, 2024 · A study of centuries-old irrigation ditches suggests the Nüümü people could rightfully lay claim to the waters of Owens Lake.

Dec 31, 2024 · Two of the largest palm oil plantations in Peru are located on the west side of the Ucayali River, which flows from the Andes to the Amazon. From above, the surrounding landscape looks like stirred paint: a swirl of green amid inky lakes and brown rivers. Tibecocha, the larger of the two plantations, appears to have been etched into the jungle with a ruler and a straight razor. Its rectangular ...

Dec 20, 2024 · South of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, the valley of the Mississippi River fans out into a broad plain known as the Delta. The name is misleading: The region lies hundreds of miles north of the true river…

Millions of Americans are about to lose nearly $3 billion in SNAP benefits that were put into place to fight hunger during the pandemic. The extra benefits were not supposed expire until end of the…

FERN’s partnership on the second issue of Switchyard, a new literary publication from the University of Tulsa, is a cause for celebration. It marks the first time that FERN has co-published an entire issue of a magazine, a rare opportunity to highlight the work that we do. Rarer still is the occasion to see so much space, care, and attention given …

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Oct 24, 2024 · It’s 2016 and Simone Strey looks giddy. In the video, a clip from a series titled Innovators Under 35: Germany, the agritech entrepreneur awkwardly explains the challenge of jumping into the business…

Eight years ago, when Paul Pacholski heard that toxins from an algal bloom in Lake Erie had contaminated Toledo’s drinking water supply, he worried how that would affect the sport fishing industry.

Last week, water experts marked the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act with a dire warning: After evaluating over 700,000 miles of rivers and streams across the country, they concluded that half…

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