Environment

Insecticides and the locust plague:How harmful are these chemicals?

whenever bands and swarms are present. The aim of preventive control is not to control all of the locusts ...

Blog Post - Helen Barratt - Sep 26 2010 - 11:03am

Arctic Ice March 2011

mobility is to prevent the possibility of the sea freezing all the way down.  For as long as the gyre and ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Sep 20 2011 - 10:20am

Part I: Bee Deaths Mystery Solved? Neonicotinoids (Neonics) May Actually Help Bee Health

producer in the US, the number of bee colonies has hit an all-time high. The recent trend in Europe is also ...

Article - Jon Entine - Mar 17 2015 - 11:41am

Environmental Impact Quotient: Weaknesses And A Better Solution

leaching risk is negligible, all else being equal. For example, if the leaching risk of atrazine (a ...

Article - Andrew R. Kniss - Jul 13 2015 - 11:59am

Ecofriendly plant CROPS FOR BIOFUELS AND BIOENERGY

in auxins, NAA and IAA in E. antisyphilitica. Out of all the growth regulators employed on P. ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Mar 7 2010 - 10:11pm

Arctic News Or Science Abuse?

Spring.  The evidence of global warming is all around for anyone who has eyes to see it.  But there are ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 5 2010 - 3:35pm

Freedom Of Information And UK Law

      (a) an exception to disclosure applies under paragraphs (4) or (5); and       (b) in all the ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 3 2010 - 9:28pm

Arctic Tipping Points- #4: The Broken Bridges Of Nares

Nares Strait. There is a potential for ice loss this year far greater than the all-time losses of 2007. ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 30 2010 - 1:20pm

Enlist: What You Need To Know About New Dual Herbicide Resistant GMOs

standards. As with all toxins, the dose makes the poison and the mode of action determines what it might be ...

Article - Genetic Literacy ... - Oct 11 2014 - 10:39am

Wolves in the backyard

NE Germany. Surprisingly, there had been no recent reports of livestock-wolf conflicts at all. That ...

Blog Post - Graham Strouts - Feb 6 2025 - 4:11pm