Microplastics are hindering photosynthesis, the process by which plants convert energy from the sun into the fruit and ...

When susceptible pests munch on these “Bt crops,” they get poisoned. But insects that have developed resistance to Bt toxins can live on undeterred, and that resistance is growing. “When Bt crops were ...

Since the 1980s, some 13 percent of crops are being lost -- and more pesticides ... survive and create a new generation of pests that are poison-resistant. That generation breeds another more ...