Farmers Enjoy Record Spring Harvests Despite Drought Thanks to Mixture of New and Old Methods

Farmers Enjoy Record Spring Harvests Despite Drought Thanks to Mixture of New and Old Methods

Darla Hueske – via Unsplash Farming adaptations have seen Canada’s farmers turn out record harvests in the middle of a 5-year drought. Truly unsavory conditions, like oppressive rainfall followed by an immediate return to drought, would typically have left the wheat on Simon Ellis’ fields shriveled and worthless. Instead, plump grains were ready to be … Read more

Hungary’s Famous Thermal Baths Are Saving the Country’s Famous Grasslands from Desertification

Hungary’s Famous Thermal Baths Are Saving the Country’s Famous Grasslands from Desertification

Wells in the Hortobágy National Park Puszta, with a stable – credit Self2 CC 2.0., via Wikimedia Drought is affecting the Great Hungarian Plain like never before, but a team of concerned citizens have hatched a clever plan to address it in the short term. It’s arguable what the Eastern European country is more famous … Read more

India’s Beautiful and Historic Stepwells Restored to Working Order for the Thirsty Nation

India’s Beautiful and Historic Stepwells Restored to Working Order for the Thirsty Nation

The Moosi Rani Sagar – credit, Environmental Foundation of India Ancient Indian stepwells are being restored to modern water storage facilities to help cure modern water shortages. Recently, an Indian environmentalist and editor was invited to share his incredible work restoring hundreds of natural and man-made water sources all across India on CNN. His nonprofit, … Read more