Nature seems awfully optimistic about a program for recycling and processing “e-waste” in the Holy Land:
… Read the rest “Discarded computers could bring Israelis and Palestinians together”Electronics are dismantled in nearby villages as part of a massive
Washington Post has us – well, not exactly preparing for the end of the world, but definitely on our guard. When polar bears start mating with grizzlies, it’s definitely a sign… Read the rest “Polar bears and grizzlies are making global-warming babies.”
Discover reports on unanticipated consequences of antidepressants getting into the water and changing animal behavior:
… Read the rest “Prozac is making fish… different.”[Teresa] Dzieweczynski, a psychologist at the University of
Amid news of massive layoffs and financial uncertainty, New Scientist sheds a ray of hope on the Middle Kingdom, reporting on China’s new five-year plan for a greener tomorrow:
… Read the rest “China goes green.”This
SONG: “Jump, Jump, Jump”.
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Based on “Fish and Adaptation: Mangrove Fish Jumps into Air in Warming Water”, Nature World News, 21 Oct 2015,… Read the rest “SONG: “Jump, Jump, Jump.””
Science Alert (citing Environmental Science & Technology) shows us a new way to think about chucking out all that delicious “non-biodegradable” garbage:
… Read the rest “Mealworms can eat our plastic trash.”Researchers
Washington Post spells out the bad news. There are more trees than we thought, but that means there are a *whole lot* less than there used to be:
… Read the rest “The good news: There are lots more trees than we thought. The bad news: Well….”In a blockbuster study released Wednesday in
Nature tries to figure out why we’re not making the headway we should against Lyme, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and the rest of the tick-borne nasties:
… Read the rest “What makes tick-borne diseases so tough?”[Scott] Williams is testing
Nature reports that, in the face of extinction, frogs have a way to adapt to pesticides – a little:
… Read the rest “Hope. Hope from frogs. They might just survive.”Several species of frogs can quickly switch on genetic resistance to a group of commonly
National Geographic reveals an ecosystem my 10-year-old son might have dreamed up. It’s all lava, acid and sharks. Inside the cauldron of Kavachi is a “sharkcano”… Read the rest “Live sharks discovered inside a live volcano.”
PeerJ has a study revealing how one the planet’s most invasive species has wormed its way into – of course – Florida:
… Read the rest “Land planarians are invading the U.S.!”The land planarian Platydemus manokwari de Beauchamp,
The Guardian has more on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s official extinction verdict:
… Read the rest “We don’t have to protect the Eastern Cougar any more. There aren’t any left.”The agency said on Tuesday the four-year review, which included information from 21 states
Nature surveys the plastic in the seas, expects to see things like detergent bottles and Barbies breaking up into tiny “microplastic” particles, and doesn’t. So the… Read the rest “Once in the ocean, where does the plastic *go*?”
It’s taken quite a while, but AP can finally report that blue whales off the coast of California have finally reached pre-whaling-industry levels:
… Read the rest “Blue whales have recovered, just about.”Researchers previously assumed
Scientific American lauds the state long linked with oil money for breaking wind power production records:
… Read the rest “Lone Star? Windmill! Green energy booms in Texas.”The Lone Star State hit “peak wind” at 8:48 p.m. on March 26, when the state’s wind
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