Climate
Rockin’ farm fields suck up tons of CO2
Called enhanced rock weathering, spreading crushed basalt on crop lands can deliver farmers yet another bonus: bigger harvests.
By Douglas Fox
MS-ESS3-1
Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth's mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.
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- Earth
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- Chemistry
Reusable plastic bottles release hundreds of pollutants into water
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- Climate
A bold plan to save the planet turns carbon dioxide into stone
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- Earth
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- Earth
From icebergs to smoke, forecasting where dangers will drift
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- Earth
Scientists Say: Anthropocene
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- Agriculture
Healthy soils are life-giving black gold
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- Climate
Surprising long-haul dust and tar are melting high glaciers
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