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Grasslands Needed To Ensure Sustainable Agriculture

Authors of a new book explain why grassland should be a permanent component of our ecosystem for ensuring the future of sustainable agriculture

12 May 2009

Better BioFuels Is In the Genes

Acquiring cheap genome sequence data can improve the quality of feedstocks used to create biofuels, according to a new study published in The Plant Genome

12 May 2009

Climate Change To Destroy Coral and The Lives of 100 Million People Before the End of the Century

If the world does not take effective action on climate change, coral reefs will disappear from the Coral Triangle by the end of the century, the ability of the region’s coastal environments to feed people will decline by 80 per cent, and the livelihoods of around 100 million people will have been lost or severely impacted

12 May 2009

Coral Reefs May Be Saved By Proposed New Conservation Rules

An international team of scientists has proposed a set of basic rules to help save the world's imperiled coral reefs from ultimate destruction

11 May 2009

Island Ecosystems Need Protection From Climate Change

Rare and unique ecological communities will be lost if oceanic islands aren't adequately considered in a global conservation plan, a new study has found

11 May 2009

Researchers Report That A Pollination Crisis Caused By A Lack of Bees Is A Myth

The notion that a decline in pollinators may threaten the human food supply – producing a situation that has been referred to as a "pollination crisis" – can be considered a myth, at least where honey bees are concerned, say researchers

11 May 2009

Maximum Efficiency Comes From Bioelectricity Not Ethanol For Powering Vehicles

How can we maximize our "miles per acre" from biomass? Researchers writing in the online edition of the May 7 Science magazine say the best bet is to convert the biomass to electricity, rather than ethanol

10 May 2009

Turning Biomass Into Electricity More Efficient Than Using Ethanol for Vehicles

A new study suggests that biomass used to generate electricity could be more efficient than converting the biomass to ethanol for internal combustion engines

10 May 2009

Hurricane Impact on Trees Contributing to Global Warming

A first-of-its kind, long-term study of hurricane impact on U.S. trees shows that hurricane damage can diminish a forest’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide, a major contributor to global warming, from the atmosphere

4 May 2009

Understanding Ocean Acidification Due to Increasing Carbon Dioxide

A student at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia is bringing understanding to the troubling problem of ocean acidification due to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide

4 May 2009