A version of this article originally appeared on Science Friday
Mapping extreme microbes in the Amazon’s Boiling River
Deep in the Peruvian Amazon, biochemist Rosa Vásquez Espinoza investigates the medicinal properties of microbes flowing in a sacred boiling river
Heavy metals from open-pit mining can spread up to 30 kilometers
Residents of Cerro de Pasco, Peru, teamed up with scientists to monitor pollution in their city
A version of this article originally appeared on The Conversation
Fewer crops are feeding more people worldwide – and that’s not good
Reduced agrobiodiversity threatens the stability of our whole food system