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In conventional agriculture, increases in yields are largely due to increased use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers and thus have...
May 10, 2017
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A new study published in the journal Science of the Total Environment shows that multiple pesticides have contaminated the surface waters of lakes...
Jan 01, 2016
With 2015 coming to a close, it’s time to think about how to transform our lives for the upcoming year. This was an exciting year for organic research, with multiple cutting-edge studies revealing...
Sep 09, 2014
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Last week, The Washington Post reported that the Chesapeake Bay’s ‘dead zone’—a portion of the bay completely...
Dec 13, 2013
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A joint report between Resource Media and the National Wildlife Federation details the severe consequences of toxic algal blooms in the...
Sep 13, 2013
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A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences sheds some light on the record...
Aug 22, 2013
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Excess nitrogen is impacting Mississippi River and worsening the Gulf of Mexico’s Dead Zone, according to researchers...
Aug 17, 2013
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Synthetic fertilizer running off into the Indian River estuary may have contributed to disrupting the balance of its rich marine...
Jul 04, 2013
Scientists from Louisiana State University and the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium are predicting the largestGulf of Mexico Dead Zone since 1985 this summer. Dead Zones are low-oxygen...
Jun 27, 2013
A new study has begun on agriculture runoff in water in Midwest streams. Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey and the Environmental Protection Agency have partnered up to examine the effects...
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