As urban populations boom, urban agriculture is increasingly looked to as a local food source and a way to help combat inequitable food access and food deserts.
Urban Crops Can Have Higher Yields Than Conventional Farming
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New Evidence Shows Planting Around School Playgrounds Protects Children From Air Pollution
Scientists have published new evidence showing that selective planting of vegetation between roads and playgrounds can substantially cut toxic traffic-derived air pollution reaching school children.
NASA’s Webb Detects Carbon Dioxide in Exoplanet Atmosphere
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first clear evidence for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet outside the solar system.
Vital Ventilation
Dying reefs and once-vibrant corals that have since lost all colour: climate change is having massive effects on the architects of undersea cities.
First Underground Radar Images from Mars Perseverance Rover Reveal Some Surprises
After a tantalizing year-and-a-half wait since the Mars Perseverance Rover touched down on our nearest planetary neighbor, new data is arriving — and bringing with it a few surprises.
Path to Recovery of Ozone Layer Passes a Significant Milestone
An annual analysis of air samples collected at remote sites around the globe that is tracking a continued decline in the atmospheric concentration of ozone-depleting substances shows the threat to the ozone layer receding below a significant milestone in 2022, NOAA scientists have announced.
