Archive for November 2019
The fight is on Down Under against deadly cane toads
Invasive cane toads may look like easy victims for indigenous predators. Yet amphibians have a secret weapon.
UN chief: Asian nations must kick their addiction to coal
"We need to stop the creation of new power plants based on coal in the future."
Study: Neonicotinoid use disrupts Japanese lake ecosystem
In Japan’s Shimane Prefecture, the rice is planted along the Lake Shinji watershed at the very beginning of May – in fact, two of the “planting week” days are public holidays as the month makes its transition from April. So
Europe needs to clean up its act on its lakes and rivers
Many European waterways are so badly polluted they fail to meet minimum ecological standards.
UK activists say fracking move is welcome but not enough
Exactly one year ago, a small earthquake brought Cuadrilla operations to yet another temporary halt in the UK, in compliance with then-enacted protocols that had just permitted the company’s Preston New Road fracking site to reopen. It was the latest
Ancient Aztec chinampas hold promise for urban agriculture
The Aztecs developed a water-saving agricultural system that is still used in Mexico today, and researcher Roland Ebel in the United States says there’s much that modern urban systems can borrow from the ancient techniques practiced in chinampa fields. The chinampas