Environment

New Land, Fewer Harvests? The Possible Future Of Global Agriculture

be about 54 million km2 – and of this, 91% is already under cultivation. "Much of the additional ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 17 2014 - 5:01pm

Altered Forest Tree Composition Not Due To Global Warming

physiology. And since about 1930, the Smokey Bear era, aggressive forest-fire suppression has had a far ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 15 2014 - 2:00pm

Antibiotic Levels In Farm-Raised Fish Are Safe, But Need Watching

2 million people in the U.S. alone and it is implicated in the deaths of about 23, 000, according to the ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 22 2014 - 6:53pm

Where Did All The Oil From The Deepwater Horizon Spill Go?

were mitigating penalties behind the scenes by claiming it wasn't so bad. What about possibly ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 28 2014 - 11:17am

Deforestation And Industrial-Scale Farming Could Lie Behind Ebola Outbreak

the hypothesis – detailed records about what people eat, where they go and how they interact – are ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 28 2014 - 1:01pm

Weight Of Evidence: How To Make Sense Of Reports On Toxicology And Pesticides

agencies in Canada and the United States allow use of atrazine with warnings about limiting exposure. A few ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 21 2015 - 4:56pm

No, We Have Not Reached Peak Food

there were fears about the Population Bomb and mass starvation and trying to eat Charlton Heston. Except ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 30 2015 - 1:12pm

Methyl Bromide And Strawberries: Why Everyone Still Uses A 'Banned' Pesticide

rest of the world), Shock! Horror! headlines about Australia’s use for strawberries are unwarranted. In ...

Article - The Conversation - Mar 30 2015 - 11:10am

Plowing Prairies For Grains: Biofuel Crops Replace Grasslands Nationwide

remarkably limited information about how croplands have expanded across the United States in recent ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 7 2015 - 11:41pm

California Government Is The Big Water Management Problem

if we cared about the actual problem- having enough water in good times and bad- the situation would ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 7 2015 - 10:45pm