Rice within the octagon in this field is part of an experiment to grow rice under different levels of carbon dioxide.
Toshihiro Hasegawa, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization of Japan
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As the level of carbon dioxide in the air rises because of human activity, scientists are trying to pin down how plants are affected. There's evidence that it's changing many important plants we eat.
Kelly Zimmerman holds her son Jaxton Wright at a parenting session at the Children's Health Center in Reading, Pa. The free program provides resources and social support to new parents in recovery from addiction, or who are otherwise vulnerable.
Natalie Piserchio for NPR
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Rice within the octagon in this field is part of an experiment to grow rice under different levels of carbon dioxide.
Toshihiro Hasegawa, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization of Japan
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Toshihiro Hasegawa, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization of Japan
Sukup Manufacturing Co.'s thriving factory outside tiny Sheffield, Iowa, gives the town an economic anchor. But that hasn't stopped the population numbers from slipping.
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