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Confronting climate change and poverty, a new crop of city farmers comes of age in Africa.

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Green Screen: Five Environmental Films Set to Shine at Sundance

By Bruce Barcott | photo gallery

January 20, 2012: Before winning an Oscar, Al Gore's "Inconvenient Truth" made its first splash at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival. This year, five documentaries with green themes look to follow in its footsteps. (0) Comments

PHOTOS: Year of the Billion-Dollar Disaster

By Dave Levitan | photo gallery

December 29, 2011: The United States suffered an unprecedented 12 weather-related disasters this year with damages of more than $1 billion. Get used to it. (1) Comments

PHOTOS: Moon Bear Rescue

By Barry Yeoman | photo gallery

December 9, 2011: At an animal sanctuary outside of Chengdu, China, Asiatic black bears that have been rescued from bile farms are given a chance to recover from their previous lives trapped in tiny cages. (3) Comments

PHOTOS: Pipeline Protest at the White House

By Mary Anne Andrei | photo gallery

November 7, 2011: Thousands of protestors ringed the White House this weekend to urge President Obama to reject the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. (0) Comments

PHOTO GALLERY: Schemes for Stopping Tropical Storms

By Scott Dodd | photo gallery

August 26, 2011: Government scientists have studied numerous ideas for disrupting storms: Cool 'em. Nuke 'em. Soak 'em up with diaper gel. Would any work? (1) Comments

Plastic: A Toxic Love Story (in Pictures)

By Adam Aston | photo gallery

April 29, 2011: In a new book, Susan Freinkel traces the history of our love/hate affair with plastics. (0) Comments

Wildlife in Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula

By Alice Henly | photo gallery

March 29, 2011: Home to colorful scarlet macaws, cheeky spider monkeys, and mellow sloths, the Osa Wildlife Sanctuary is one of the few havens in Costa Rica for wild animals saved from the region's rampant pet trade. (0) Comments

PHOTOS: Animals of the Arctic Food Web

By Lauren Friedman | photo gallery

February 23, 2011: The animals that make up the Arctic food web range from tiny copepods to fearsome polar bears -- with several seals in between. (0) Comments

The Mississippi's Many Paths

By Rose Eveleth | photo gallery

February 23, 2011: The Mississippi River's flow has changed course many times since humans began exerting their technological will on the waterway. See the mighty river's history in pictures. (0) Comments

PHOTOS: Tennessee Time Machine

By The Editors | photo gallery

February 23, 2011: Take a peek inside the contraption that lets scientists simulate climate change's impact on complex systems, like the soil of a mountain forest. (0) Comments

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