Environment

Sustainable Fertilizers From Green Energy Waste

Researchers are searching for a sustainable, environmentally-friendlier source of soil conditioner and crop fertilizer that could reduce costs to farmers-  all from renewable energy waste. A collaborative project between Stopford Energy and Environment Lim ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 16 2014 - 5:55pm

There Is No Magic Bullet For Climate Change

Climate change has happened throughout history, there are abandoned cities in places we would consider inhospitable, but they weren't at the times. As the climate changed, it has altered habitats not just for birds and bees and everything in between, ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 18 2014 - 6:30pm

Viruses Take Down Massive Algal Blooms- And A Whole Lot Of Carbon Dioxide

Algae is a bad thing in your poor, but in the ocean they are the ultimate source of all organic matter that marine animals depend upon. Using a combination of satellite imagery and laboratory experiments, researchers have evidence showing that algae is su ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 22 2014 - 7:00am

When There Is A Penis Mystery, Just Blame Endocrine Disruptors

No one knows why Hypospadias, a birth defect where the urethral opening is abnormally placed, became more common among Swedish boys in recent decades. Before 1990, it happened in 4.5 per 1,000 boys, and after that increased to 8 per 1,000 boys. Researcher ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 12 2018 - 6:58pm

How Boron Facilitates Better Corn Yields

Boron deficiency is a common cause of reduced crop yields in places like Missouri and the eastern half of the United States. It is common for corn and soybean farmers to supplement their soil with boron and now researchers at the University of Missouri ha ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 25 2014 - 10:26pm

Carbon And Biomass: Earth Can Sustain More Plant Growth Than Estimates Showed

A new analysis suggests the planet can produce much more land-plant biomass – the total material in leaves, stems, roots, fruits, grains and other terrestrial plant parts – than previous estimates showed. In modeling, earth scientists tend to make a lot o ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 26 2014 - 10:00am

This Valentine's Day Give Your Sweetheart The Gift of Love: A Fermented Beverage

It is Valentine’s Day and our thoughts naturally turn to yeasts. Okay well, love. But love can lead to sex, and that leads to reproduction. Yeasts may not know about love, but they do know about reproducing. So do we humans: our population here on planet e ...

Blog Post - Norm Benson - Apr 3 2015 - 5:56pm

Zoning Plan For Earth: Optimizing Where Roads Should And Should Not Go

More than 15 million miles of new roads will be built worldwide by 2050, pushing back the frontiers of progress. Of course, progress may mean a loss of wilderness if it is not managed carefully, and authors have created a ‘global roadmap’ for prioritizing ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 31 2014 - 10:30am

Good News: Acid Rain In Sierra Nevada Lakes Has Declined Sharply

California's water supply depends on a clean snow pack and healthy mountain lakes.  Because of geography, California cities are conducive to air pollution and a similar effect can be found in lakes. The lakes in the Sierra Nevada are the most sensiti ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 4 2014 - 1:30pm

If More People Switched To Being Vegetarians, We'd Solve Global Warming

If Americans adopted the recommendations the USDA's "Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010," diet-related greenhouse gas emissions would increase 12 percent, according to scholars, and if Americans reduced their daily caloric intake to the ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 5 2014 - 9:23pm