More than 6,280 tons of DDT were sprayed on the forests of New Brunswick, Canada to fight insect outbreaks in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Columbia Researcher Studies How Climate Change Affects Crops in India
Kyle Davis is an environmental data scientist whose research seeks to increase food supplies in developing countries.
Study: Farm-Like Indoor Microbiota May Protect Children from Asthma Also in Urban Homes
A child’s risk of developing asthma is the smaller the more the microbiota of the child’s home resembles that of a farm house.
Past Climate Change: A Warning for the Future?
A new study of climate changes and their effects on past societies offers a sobering glimpse of social upheavals that might happen in the future.
U-M Researchers Testing Ways to Make Aspen-Dominated Forests Resilient to Climate Change
In an aspen-dominated hardwood forest at the northern tip of the state’s Lower Peninsula, University of Michigan scientists are testing ways to make the region’s forests more resilient to climate change.
Climate Change Had Significant Impact on Amazon Communities Before Arrival of Europeans, Study Shows
Climate change had a significant impact on people living in the Amazon rainforest before the arrival of Europeans and the loss of many indigenous groups, a new study shows.


