Cannabis legalization has led to a boom in potent forms of the drug that present new hazards for adolescents

THC concentrations in newly available products far exceed those of traditional smoked weed, which can have dangerous unintended consequences in adolescents.

Ty Schepis, Professor of Psychology, Texas State University • conversation
April 22, 2024 ~9 min

Unwanted Plants Threaten Crops in North-Central US

VOA Learning English • voa
Jan. 23, 2024 ~5 min


Dandelions are a lifeline for bees on the brink – we should learn to love them

Before you reach for the weed killer, spare a thought for struggling pollinators.

Philip Donkersley, Senior Research Associate in Entomology, Lancaster University • conversation
April 27, 2023 ~7 min

'Silent Spring' 60 years on: 4 essential reads on pesticides and the environment

Published in 1962, ‘Silent Spring’ called attention to collateral damage from widespread use of synthetic pesticides. Many problems the book anticipated persist today in new forms.

Jennifer Weeks, Senior Environment + Energy Editor, The Conversation • conversation
Oct. 11, 2022 ~8 min

The herbicide dicamba was supposed to solve farmers' weed problems – instead, it's making farming harder for many of them

Farmers are stuck in a chemical war against weeds, which have developed resistance to many widely used herbicides. Seed companies’ answer – using more varied herbicides – is causing new problems.

Bart Elmore, Associate Professor of History and Core Faculty in the Sustainability Institute, The Ohio State University • conversation
Jan. 26, 2022 ~10 min

How to Control Weeds When Planting

VOA Learning English • voa
July 26, 2021 ~6 min

While debate rages over glyphosate-based herbicides, farmers are spraying them all over the world

Roundup may be taking a beating in the US, where three juries have concluded that it gave plaintiffs cancer, but it's still widely used around the globe.

Ryan Galt, Professor of Geography, University of California, Davis • conversation
July 2, 2021 ~10 min

Growing cannabis indoors produces a lot of greenhouse gases – just how much depends on where it's grown

Growing weed indoors is not an environmentally friendly process. Climate controls create a lot of greenhouse gas emissions, and where the pot is produced has a huge influence on emission levels.

Hailey Summers, Ph.D. Student in Mechanical Engineering and Sustainability, Colorado State University • conversation
March 8, 2021 ~5 min


Weed withdrawal: More than half of people using medical cannabis for pain experience withdrawal symptoms

Weed, though far less dangerous than many other drugs, is not entirely without risk. Some 59% of people treating pain with medical cannabis experience moderate to severe withdrawal symptoms

Lara Coughlin, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Michigan • conversation
Jan. 28, 2021 ~5 min

Goldenrod honey: misinformation is causing a biological invasion of this Canadian weed

Our study is the first to research the impact of online misinformation on biological invasions.

Johannes M H Knops, Professor & Head of Department Health and Environmental Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University • conversation
Dec. 23, 2020 ~8 min

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