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Don’t Look Down

Grist

Sometimes, only a thin layer of soil covers yawning craters where the ice has vanished, what Hasson calls “ghost ice wedges.” Combined with a $40,000 laser he dragged behind him on a plastic sled he’d nicknamed “The Coffin,” Hasson is able to link surface methane emissions to the ice disappearing underground. Sean McDermott / Grist.

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Can eating cicadas solve the sustainable protein problem?

AGreenLiving

As The Balance SMB reports, cricket harvesting produces 80 times less methane than cattle rearing. Another reason to consider eating insects is that they thrive on organic matter and require much less food than livestock. They last appeared in 2003 in parts of the eastern U.S. First, blanch your cicadas.