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How more organic farming could worsen global warming
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How more organic farming could worsen global warming

Organic agriculture is billed as better for the environment, but a wholesale shift to this farming practice could increase net greenhouse gas emissions, a new study reports.
Is climate change making U.S. tornadoes worse?
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Is climate change making U.S. tornadoes worse?

After a deadly storm struck Alabama and Georgia, here's what scientists know - and don't know - about climate change and tornadoes in the U.S.

An agitator for science reform walks a fine line in the era of Trump
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An agitator for science reform walks a fine line in the era of Trump

Daniel Sarewitz aims to put his ideas in front of power players without enabling a president who seems as likely to destroy science as to reform it.
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