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Fires from March 7 airstrikes created a sulfur dioxide plume spanning 185,000 square miles.

India, the world’s second-largest producer of sugar, has banned exports until the end of September, according to an official notice, as the government seeks to protect local supplies.

India, the world’s top buyer of diammonium phosphate, has contracted the crop nutrient at prices almost 40% higher than pre-war levels as the Middle East conflict disrupts supplies and pushes global benchmarks higher.

Russia expects its oil production to remain flat in 2026 and grow modestly in the coming two years as its energy infrastructure comes under intense drone attacks from Ukraine.

From Space.com: China's Tianzhou 10 freighter delivers 7 tons of cargo to Tiangong space station

Turkey’s wheat harvest is poised for a sharp recovery from last year’s crop-ravaging droughts, potentially curbing the outlook for imports from one of the world’s largest wheat buyers.

New research suggests mangroves remove 960,000 tons per year of nitrogen from global water systems, a figure that could rise to more than 5.5 million tons annually if conditions were optimal for the plants.

Valve imported roughly 50 tons of “Game Consoles” into the United States in the two-day period between May 1st and April 30th, according to import records.

From Reddit - r/worldnews: US ships 6,500 tons of munitions, equipment to Israel in 24 hours

One impact that comes to mind is the Chicxulub asteroid. A google search reveals that 70 billion tons of Earth's material was ejected from the atmosphere and into space with some debris potentially hitting Mars and Jupiter.…

From Reddit - r/castiron: Sacred oils, tons of superstition as to how to maintain it…. The list goes on

Officials in this G7 nation want to hit net zero by 2050, but AI data centers may be an issue.

India and Russia are planning a $2 billion urea facility to secure supplies amid the Middle East conflict. It will have a capacity of 2 million tons annually

This 1952 cover depicts two enormous concrete caissons sitting in a natural drydock in Stony Point, N.Y.

Materials producer Holcim will open in 2028 what it says is the world's first fully electric cement clinker plant, while KBR and Mott McDonald are engineering the first global facility in Amsterdam to annually import 200,000 metric tons of liquid hydrogen…