Monomania is a serious disorder, characterized by, according to my dictionary, “excessive concentration on a single object or idea.” In the case of much of American farming, that single object is the ...

Devastating oil spills in the Niger delta over the past five decades will cost $1 billion to rectify and take up to 30 years to clean up, according to a UN report. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) ...

Our “Plastic to Oil Fantastic” video brief about the invention of a plastic-to-oil converting machine went viral and exceeded 3.7 million views on YouTube. This is evidence that concern over “the ...

The scrubby desert outside Port Augusta, three hours from Adelaide, is not the kind of countryside you see in Australian tourist brochures. The backdrop to an area of coal-fired power stations, lead ...

Artificial meat grown in vats may be needed if the 9 billion people expected to be alive in 2050 are to be adequately fed without destroying the earth, some of the world’s leading scientists report ...

私たちの暮らしが数多くの家電製品に囲まれるようになったのは、それほど昔の話ではありません。現在の洗濯機の原型といわれる噴流式洗濯機が、日本 で最初に発売されたのは1953年。

Agroforestry — the integration of trees and shrubs with crops and livestock systems — has strong potential in addressing problems of food insecurity in developing countries. Done well, it allows ...

木の花ファミリー農園は16年程前に日本の景勝地、富士山の麓で開園した。創設メンバーは数人だけ。エコビレッジという概念があることすら当時の彼らは知らなかった。 東京から西へ2時間 ...

なぜいま焼畑なのか――。昨年、そんな問いを副題に掲げた『焼畑の環境学』という書籍が刊行された。総合地球環境学研究所の焼畑研究グループ（火耕班）の研究成果をとりまとめたもの ...

In 1985, Li Hua visited a valley in the foothills of the Tibetan Plateau. The area was better known for its panda population, but the oenologist realized that its high altitude, hours of sunshine, ...

Beverly McGuire saw the warning signs before the town well went dry: sand in the toilet bowl, the sputter of air in the tap, a pump working overtime to no effect. But it still did not prepare her for ...

それは4月中旬の雨模様の日曜の朝だった。自宅のストーブのそばで温かいコーヒーでも飲んでいたくなるような天気だ。しかし、気が滅入るような肌寒い天気をよそに、私たちは石川県の ...