future earth
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How Humans Can Engineer Wilder Cities With The Help Of Animals
Look around your city. You’ll see pigeons, rats, maybe a few possums. But the typical array of urban wildlife is about to become incredibly biodiverse, thanks to efforts from humans to make their cities wilder and more sustainable places.
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China’s Smog Makes Headlines But India’s Is Much Worse
The red-alert issued by Beijing was lifted today as shifting weather patterns improved air quality for the first time in weeks. Although the world’s focus was on China’s skies, a dense smog is currently rendering India’s cities unrecognisable — and it’s way more dangerous.
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What It’s Like In Beijing During China’s Worst Pollution Crisis Ever
Video: The “airpocalypse” of smog swirling over Chinese cities has reached its most dangerous levels yet. Beijing issued its first-ever red alert today, closing schools and taking cars off the road. How bad is it? According to US guidelines levels are at 6: “Everyone should avoid all outdoor exertion.”
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By 2080, Corn Won’t Be America’s Top Crop Anymore
America has a huge, sprawling, incredibly productive agricultural system, the slow-grown product of its history as a farming nation. But that system has already begun changing — and what Americans growing on those farms is going to change dramatically too.