Deutsche-Presse Agentur: The worst drought in 60 years is expected to cut crop yields by…
Month: March 2010
Spin, science and climate change
Economist: CLIMATE-change legislation, dormant for six months, is showing signs of life again in Washington,…
EU understates emissions from oil: biodiesel lobby
Reuters: The European Union is not taking full account of the environmental impact of oil-based…
Storms threaten butterflies’ winter rest in Mexico
Reuters: Dense clouds of migrating monarch butterflies used to snap branches and cast shadows across…
EU carbon rises after UK auction
Reuters: European carbon emissions futures were higher on Thursday as news broke that the EU…
Nestle drops Indonesian company after Greenpeace demos
Agence France-Presse: Indonesian palm oil giant Sinar Mas rejected claims of environmental vandalism Thursday after…
Media reports may paint overly optimistic view of cancer
Newspaper and magazine reports about cancer appear more likely to discuss aggressive treatment and survival…
Computer scientists create a multilingual search engine
Researchers have developed a multilingual search engine to query a contents repository written in Interlingua…
Anti-obesity drugs unlikely to provide lasting benefit, according to scientists
Scientists argue that anti-obesity drugs fail to provide lasting benefits for health and well-being because…
Prescribed burns may help reduce US carbon footprint
The use of prescribed burns to manage Western forests may help the United States reduce…