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To minimize the risk, split applications or more frequent lower-dose applications are recommended. Soil amendments may help, ...

The findings suggest that the mature Amazon rainforest has, so far, avoided the worst impacts of climate change, although the ...

Fall foliage is a complicated thing. There’s not one plant gene that controls the entire process. Here's what to know about weather's impact on color.

By Yvette Zongo CASSOU, Burkina Faso — With her daba in hand, her back bent from decades in the fields, Maan — meaning “grandmother” in the local Nuni language of Burkina Faso’s Centre-Ouest region — ...

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Fruit trees flourish when they're growing in an ecosystem that supports and nourishes them. This ancient technique aims to ...

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From droughts to disease, coffee and chocolate are under threat, but scientists and farmers are working together to keep ...