Though natural fertilizers made from treated sewage sludge are used to reintroduce nutrients onto agricultural fields, they bring along microplastic pollutants too. And according to a small-scale ...

One of my favorite sights and scents in the spring is rich black soil. My connection to the soil and to the land goes back to the late 1800s and early 1900s when two sets of maternal ...

Big tree branches swaying in the wind. Trash bins toppling over. Whirlwinds of leaves and pollen blowing through the air. All of these are common occurrences in New Jersey, especially from the late ...

While wind farms have become a widely popular method of generating energy, researchers are now looking at the impact of these large farms on wind patterns and the surrounding environment. While wind ...

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Wind energy infrastructure doesn’t produce power if the air isn’t moving, and solar doesn’t generate power if the sun’s not out. But that doesn’t mean that either source of energy is "worthless" ...