Soil erosion is an age-long predicament that always shows up whenever humans embark on any land use activity. Whether it is agriculture, construction or gardening, the need to tame erosion is apparent ...

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In relatively dry southern Colorado, they also provide a secondary round of water storage. The first round is Colorado’s snowpack, which, as it melts, feeds groundwater that fens’ spongy peat captures ...

Western consumers who shun environmentally unfriendly plastic bags are helping to revive the traditional jute industry in Bangladesh. Jute, a vegetable fibre that is spun into coarse threads, was once ...

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