Studies of sediment cores from the sea floor and the coastal regions surrounding the Aegean Sea show that humans contaminated the environment with lead early on in antiquity. Geoscientists conducted ...
A recent study published in Scientific Reports delves into the adaptive agricultural practices of pre-industrial communities ...
A smart water system created 1,500 years ago by an ancient Amazonian urban society turned swampy savanna into fertile farmland that produced corn all year round, a new study has found.
A pre-Columbian society in the Amazon developed a sophisticated agricultural engineering system that allowed them to produce ...
A pre-Columbian society in the Amazon developed a sophisticated agricultural engineering system that allowed them to produce maize throughout the ...
A new study published in Nature highlights how rural-urban interactions and improved city connections are transforming oasis ...
In a significant legislative move, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján and John Cornyn have reintroduced the ACEQUIA Act, a bipartisan effort to bolster drought protections for acequias—community-managed ...
The discovery shed new light on just how advanced the civilisation that lived in the ancient city of Petra was.
A recent paper critically examines the ahar-pyne system in South Bihar, India, challenging the romanticised view of ...
When you think of a vending machine, things like snacks, sodas, or even pharmaceutical supplies may come to mind. But you ...
During an ancient warm period, the trees had grown at an elevation above 10,000 feet – about 600 feet higher than where the ...