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We're undergoing an unprecedented loss of freshwater across the planet

Rising temperatures are causing water to evaporate and driving humans to extract more groundwater, which is moving freshwater from the land to the seas and creating a "continental drying" trend

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Why a tech start-up wants to pump your faeces deep underground

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Could old mines host all the solar energy we need?

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Could old mines host all the solar energy we need?

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Guatemala - Tabil - Maya ladies collect corn, an essential crop that is also part of their traditional cultural heritage. Corn is used to make tortilla, served at each meal, but also soups.

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These photos reveal the unique agricultural system of the Maya people

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California-Cultured-Cell-Chocolate. Shaker process

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Inside the mouth-watering race to master lab-grown chocolate

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Largest ever US honeybee die-off has destroyed 1.6 million colonies

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Fungus offers a new way to cut down on methane in cow burps

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How one farm is testing multiple carbon-capture tricks all at once

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A deep plot in a desert in Caesarea, Israeal

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Farmers used trash to grow crops in barren sand 1000 years ago

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Fertiliser can be made from human urine in just a few simple steps

Urine is rich in nitrogen, which is important for plant growth, and now scientists have found an efficient way of utilising this to make human wastewater into fertiliser

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Zero-carbon shipping fuel could be a new source of pollution

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Crushed rocks outpace giant fans in race to remove CO2 from air

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Sweeter tomatoes are coming soon thanks to CRISPR gene editing

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Spraying rice with sunscreen particles during heatwaves boosts growth

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