Biodiversity of the Rainforest: There is no surviving without our rainforests.
There is no surviving without our rainforests.
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What Country-of-Origin Food Labels Mean
The Country-of-Origin Labeling requirement for consumer food products took effect on September 30, 2008. How do the new labeling requirements inform …
Continue ReadingThreats to the Tasmanian Devil: About Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD)
The Tasmanian Devil is a cultural icon: it appears on coins, sports jerseys, and even in Loony Tunes skits. But the real devils are falling prey to a …
Continue ReadingEbay Banning Ivory Trade: Rules Changed about Selling Elephant Ivory on Ebay
Ebay has finally banned the trading of ivory from all six of its auction sites. Not that it had much choice as the soon-to be-released investigative …
Continue ReadingTake charge of stormwater
The National Research Council (NRC) committee recommends that EPA adopt a watershed-based permitting system that would encompass all discharges …
Continue ReadingGore Urges for More to be Done to Reduce Carbon Emissions
Al Gore speaks at Harvard University to address the issue of global warming and why we must end our use of fossile fuels and reduce carbon emissions.
Continue ReadingSixth Mass Extinction Event Occurring: What Species are At Risk for Mass Extinction?
From time to time, mass extinctions have dramatically altered the landscape, seascape, and bioscape of planet Earth. Indications are that a mass …
Continue ReadingStudies Show an Alarming Decline in Chimp Populations on the Cote d'Ivoire
Studies Show an Alarming Decline in Chimp Populations on the Cote d’Ivoire
Continue ReadingFrance Makes Bold Move to Ban Monsanto's Genetically Modified Crops
France bans genetically modified foods such as maize from Monsanto.
Continue ReadingInvasive Species Problems from Dams
Dams originally served the community by providing flood control, water for irrigation, reservoirs for hydroelectric plants, and as a recreational site …
Continue ReadingSwans In Siberia: A Visual Image of Global Warming
Global warming is keeping the temperatures so warm around the globe, that instead of being in the wetlands of the UK where they normally are for the …
Continue ReadingWhat is Permaculture & Polyculture Agriculture?
Polyculture and permaculture are not new- humans have been employing the beneficial interactions between plant species to sustainably improve …
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