Is this the world’s oldest image of a mind‑altering plant?
A painted panel deep in a Spanish cave may push the human relationship with mind-altering plants back thousands of years, earlier than anything previously known.
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The secret world of plants living in our limestone pavements
The first survey since the 1970s into the plants that grow in the cracks in limestone pavements has thrown up some fascinating results.
Offering more plant‑based choices on menus can speed up diet change
In three different experiments, plant-based meal sales rose when there were more menu options.
Coal power plants were paid to close. Is it time to do the same for slaughterhouses?
The food industry faces the same ‘stranded asset’ problem as fossil fuel companies.
Growing plant trade may spread invasive species – but help ecosystems adapt to climate change
Potting soils are helping plant seeds travel. Is it benign or harmful?
Ferns: the houseplants that reveal how tropical rainforests are responding to climate change
Fussy about moisture and temperature, ferns are excellent indicators of environmental change.
By changing our diets now, we can avoid the food chaos that climate change is bringing
By choosing to transform how we grow food and what we eat – rather than letting climate change dictate the pace of change – we have so much to gain.
Guerilla gardening: how you can make your local area greener without getting into trouble
Many people are gardening on land that is not theirs – here are some things to consider to avoid getting into trouble.
Tobacco re‑imagined as a future fuel source
Tobacco doesn’t immediately conjure up ideas of fuel for cars and planes. But that’s precisely what a three-year, $4.8m project from the US Department of Energy’s ARPA-E PETRO (Plants Engineered to Replace…
Greening the planet: we can’t just plant trees, we have to restore forests
Planting trees can sometimes be a carbon-offset box-ticking exercise, but reforestation is a long-term commitment that supports communities, promotes biodiversity and tackles the climate emergency.
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