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Urban Harvest

Confronting climate change and poverty, a new crop of city farmers comes of age in Africa. Table of Contents | Digital Edition
Guardian Environmental Network
By Alan Burdick
Moment, Magnified
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December 16, 2011: Scientists are finding that the high-resolution panoramic photos known as GigaPan images can open up strange new worlds.
Kind of Blue
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September 1, 2011: When freshwater meets salt water, a power dynamic ensues. Blue Energy aims to harness it.
End of the Night
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May 25, 2011: Artificial illumination at night takes its toll on the natural world. We need to find a way to curb its effects.
Home on the Fish Range
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April 6, 2011: Forget fish farming. How about fish ranching? The Synthesist explores how "ranchers" could use sound to make raising fish more sustainable.
Shine a Little Light
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February 23, 2011: Nanotechnology shines a light on zooplankton and what may be the world’s largest migration -- one that unfolds every day around the globe.
Mapping the Grassroots
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January 27, 2011: Who needs Google Earth? Grassroots Mapping teaches you to generate high-resolution satellite imagery and track pollution or natural disasters for less than $100. It's as simple as tying a camera to a balloon.
The Space Age Heats Up
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December 20, 2010: Will the coming boom in space tourism unleash a new wave of climate problems? Our resident futurist wonders if the act of leaving the planet might change it for the worse.
Life on Mars? You Betcha! (We Sent It There)
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December 4, 2010: With much excitement, NASA announced the discovery of a bacterium, scraped from the bottom of California’s Mono Lake, that can thrive on highly toxic arsenic in place of phosphorus. The discovery would seem to widen the door... read more >
Power Plants
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November 23, 2010: Infrared light, invisible to the human eye, may be an untapped source of solar energy.
Coming of Age in the Anthropocene
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September 27, 2010: Human influence on nature is undeniable and enormous. Looking at nature as if we aren't here simply doesn't work.
Alan Burdick
Alan Burdick is a contributing editor for OnEarth and the author of "Out of Eden: An Odyssey of Ecological Invasion," which was a National Book Award finalist. He blogs at www.aburdick.com and tweets at @alanburdick.