Environment

Test Hopes To Identify Any Shale Gas Hazard In Groundwater

A new test has been developed to check for contamination of shallow groundwater from modern gas extraction techniques, such as hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as fracking. ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 22 2016 - 5:24am

When Natural Beauty Becomes The Ecological Beast, Replace Environmentalism With Science

Natural solutions are all the rage to people who believe in a 20th century "balance of nature" hypothesis. Scientists know better, it is obvious that there is no ecological balance, no environmental harmony, and never has been, the winners are i ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 24 2016 - 9:08am

CO2 Fertilization Greening The Earth

An international team has just published a study titled "Greening of the Earth and its Drivers" in the journal Nature Climate Change (doi:10.1038/nclimate3004) showing significant greening of a quarter to one-half of the Earth's vegetated l ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 25 2016 - 4:26pm

Wildlife Loss In Tropical Forests Is Bad News For Everyone

I had drinks with an old college friend last week. As we reminisced and I caught him up on my job leading the Tropical Ecology Assessment&Monitoring (TEAM) Network, he stopped me mid-sentence. ...

Article - Jorge Ahumada - May 5 2016 - 12:54pm

Farmers: Thanks For The Cheap Food, Now You're Blamed For Air-Pollution

A new study has implicated farms as a bigger source of fine-particulate air pollution than all other sources. This is no surprise in Europe, China, Russia and Europe, since food is the most important strategic resource everywhere.  And it's an easy e ...

Article - News Staff - May 17 2016 - 8:11am

The Real Cost Of Milk

The Australian dairy farming industry is in a state of crisis. Cheap dairy products and fluctuations in both the domestic and global markets have taken a financial toll on farmers. Consumers have rallied to help struggling dairy producers. But this is onl ...

Article - The Conversation - May 24 2016 - 4:37pm

Ancient DNA Shows Perfect Storm Felled Ice Age Giants

Giant Ice Age species including elephant-sized sloths and powerful saber-toothed cats that once roamed the windswept plains of Patagonia, southern South America, were finally felled by a perfect storm of a rapidly warming climate and humans, according to ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 20 2016 - 7:45am

Blockchains: Bitcoin Tech Could Increase Trust In The Food Supply

If the food industry is not in crisis, it certainly contains an increasing level of complexity and associated risks. A recent analysis suggested 50% of US food production is wasted, with global estimates above 30%. Retailers want perfect produce, leading ...

Article - The Conversation - Jul 19 2016 - 7:30am

Russia Loves Science When It Comes To Cheating In Sports, But Not In Food

Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin recently signed Federal Law 358-FZ, which bans genetic engineering of plants and animals for the indefinite future. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 20 2016 - 5:36pm

Why Has Organic Farming Flatlined?

Organic farming should be in a Golden Age. Organic marketing groups, and the junkyard dogs they pay to attack scientists (1) finally got mandatory labeling on conventional food, the public is already spending $13,000,000,000 on organic food in the U.S. alo ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 1 2019 - 10:57am