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Growing food on Mars provides insights for Earth’s climate challenges

Growing food on Mars provides insights for Earth’s climate challenges

Research on Martian agriculture reveals that ancient farming techniques could help combat food scarcity on an increasingly arid Earth.

Ayurella Horn-Muller reports for Grist.

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Lawrence Weschler: Beyond climate denial and despair
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Lawrence Weschler: Beyond climate denial and despair

There is only one truly serious political problem facing all of us today, and that is climate change.

Can sludge from dams turn deserts into farmland?

Can sludge from dams turn deserts into farmland?

Afforest for the Future is one of a series of projects trying to create arable land from sand. Its method: use the muck that collects behind dams to create new soil.

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