3 ways the Trump administration could reinvest in rural America’s future

Access to health care is a big one as rural hospitals close. Two researchers who focus on rural issue explain how the federal government could help.

Cody Mullen, Clinical Professor of Public Health, Purdue University • conversation
Feb. 3, 2025 ~10 min

3 things rural America needs from the Trump administration

Access to health care is a big one as rural hospitals close. Two researchers who focus on rural issue explain how the federal government could help.

Cody Mullen, Clinical Professor of Public Health, Purdue University • conversation
Feb. 3, 2025 ~10 min


3 ways the Trump administration could reinvest in rural America’s future, starting with health care

Affordable housing is a challenge for rural America, too.

Cody Mullen, Clinical Professor of Public Health, Purdue University • conversation
Feb. 3, 2025 ~10 min

Migratory birds are on the move and nature-friendly farms can help them on their way

As climate change threatens their food supply, migratory birds may find help in an unlikely place.

Yali Si, Assistant Professor of Ecology, Leiden University • conversation
April 17, 2024 ~5 min

Our new map reveals the effects of 20th century land-use and climate change on Britain's wild species

Britain has lost large areas of semi-natural habitat since the 1930s.

Alistair Auffret, Senior Lecturer in Landscape Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences • conversation
Nov. 1, 2023 ~8 min

Europe has lost over half a billion birds in 40 years. The single biggest cause? Pesticides and fertilisers

Insect-eating birds such as swifts and yellow wagtails are particularly vulnerable.

Richard Gregory, Honorary Professor of Genetics, Evolution & Environment, UCL • conversation
June 1, 2023 ~8 min

Liz Truss's 'destructive' plans have angered environmental groups – here's why

Environmental groups have criticised the government’s approach to nature – but what is this approach and why is it concerning?

Caitlin Lewis, PhD Student in Ecology and Agri-Environmental Research, University of Reading • conversation
Sept. 30, 2022 ~7 min

Plastic pollution: European farmland could be largest global reservoir of microplastics

Up to 42,000 tonnes a year of microplastics are removed from sewage, spread on fields as fertiliser and eventually wash back into watercourses.

Valentine Muhawenimana, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Environmental Engineering, Cardiff University • conversation
May 23, 2022 ~6 min


Scientists develop a reimagined world map of agriculture

Reimagined world map of agriculture could turn back clock 20 years on carbon emissions.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
April 21, 2022 ~6 min

'Zero Day' for California water? Not yet, but unprecedented water restrictions send a sharp warning

Long before climate change was evident, California began planning a system of canals and reservoirs to carry water from the mountains to drier farms and cities. It’s no longer enough.

Lara B. Fowler, Senior Lecturer in Law and Assistant Director for Outreach and Engagement, Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment, Penn State • conversation
Dec. 10, 2021 ~10 min

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