More Than Dirt
National Wildlife, 03/27/2017
Science is showing how healthy soil can help save the planet—and how we can all help improve what lies beneath our feet.
National Wildlife, 03/27/2017
Science is showing how healthy soil can help save the planet—and how we can all help improve what lies beneath our feet.
Ensia, December 5, 2016
When federal crop insurance rules stymied Gail Fuller’s attempts to innovate, he knew something had to change.
American Archaeology, Fall 2016
It’s generally thought that religion contributed to political and social unification in ancient times, but research in southern Mexico indicates that wasn’t always the case.
Discover, July/August 2016 Issue
Humans aren’t the only brainiacs. The old myths about clever animals may have been closer to the truth than science has been for much of its history.
Discover, July/August 2016 Issue
Invisible worlds, ultimate partners. A crescendo of evidence points to the central role of microorganisms — bacteria, viruses, fungi and algae — in the health of oceans, forests, soils, plants, humans and other animals.
Orion Magazine, March/April 2016 Volume 35, Number 2
Rick Haney, gangly and garrulous, paces in front of a congregation of government conservationists, working the room for laughs before he gets to the hard data. The U.S. Department of Agriculture soil scientist points to an aerial photograph of research plots outside his facility in Temple, Texas. “Our drones took this shot,” he says, then shakes his head. “Kidding. We don’t have any drones.”
Discover, April 2016
A century ago, Congress created the national park system — and ended up preserving some of the best research sites in the world.
Modern Farmer, January 16, 2016
Jon Bansen’s Jerseys gaze with such mild disinterest at visitors to his Monmouth, Oregon, dairy farm that it’s hard to believe they can cause trouble.
art|sci Magazine, Spring | Summer 2015
Research by geologist Gerald Matisoff and colleagues assists efforts to improve water quality in Lake Erie.
Craftsmanship, January, 15, 2015
Mark Sturges doesn’t advertise and clients have to find him by word of mouth, but find him they do. He’s become a master of an agricultural art as old as agriculture itself: basic compost.
Takepart, November 18, 2014
Experience Life, July/August 2014
Herbs were our first wonder drugs, and they remain powerful medicine to this day. Here are health-promoting plants to know now.
Discover, December 2012
In a dog-eat-dog world, people still cooperate, collaborate, and help each other out. Our species’ urge to work together has remained an evolutionary paradox, seemingly at odds with Darwinian theory—until now.
Skiing Magazine, December 2011
Two Montana do-gooders teach villagers in a remote Afghan valley to ski, make ski equipment, and profit from ecotourism.
Discover, June 30, 2011
One of the simplest keys to fighting global warming may be right under our feet.
Smithsonian.com, May 25, 2011
Garlic mustard and Asian carp can wreak havoc on their ecosystems, but do they have a future on your dinner plate?
Perceptive Travel, August 2010
A man with a mission, with the help of a few friends, turns a 2,000–acre patchwork of forest into a home for herbs—herbs different than the smoking kind raised by neighbors.
American Archaeology, Spring 2010
Archaeologists are in the unique position of studying the relationship between humans and their environments over millennia. Consequently, a number of them believe their work should inform current environmental debates.
Wildlife Conservation, March/April 2008
The Wakhan is Afghanistan’s Shangri-La, far from the guns and bombs that plague much of the country - an area so starkly beautiful that people in the cities sigh with longing when they hear its name.
Wildlife Conservation, January/February 2007
Mingling with the 500 mustangs on Dayton Hyde’s 11,000-acre Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary in South Dakota.