Svalbard is often described as a remote, frozen wasteland. For conspiracy theorists, early visits to the Global Seed Vault by billionaires such as Bill Gates and George Soros, and representatives from ...

Developers of genetically modified seeds hope to boost production and prevent crop diseases in countries hit the hardest by climate change. But farmers on the ground in Kenya have big concerns. The ...

Warm, dry conditions spurred quick sugarbeet planting in the U.S. this spring. But the same conditions, combined with frost ...