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Cedar Trees Beneficial Uses
Deserts are an unlikely place to find a form of plant life that is so promising as to grow quickly on very little. Still, arid climate plants are very hardy. Tel Aviv University researchers are doing their part to reduce… read more
Climatic Tipping Points for Tropical Forest and Sa..
Tropical tree cover will jump sharply between a forested state and savanna or treeless conditions rather than respond smoothly to climate change, according to a study by scientists from Wageningen University, published in Science.
The study shows that the resilience… read more
Environmental Visionary Dies
Wangari Maathai, a human rights advocate and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, started a movement to plant more than 30 million trees and generate nearly 1 million jobs.
By Rachel Nuwer, September 26, 2011
Wangari Maathai, who won the Nobel Peace… read more
The Energy Superbugs: Extremophiles
Rugged heat- and salt-loving organisms could unlock the secret to efficient biofuel production.
Extremophiles are tiny microbes that are able to thrive in hot, salty and even acidic or gaseous environments that would kill other forms of life. Now scientists… read more
Plastic eating bacteria in the oceans
Huge plastic waste dumps float in the Oceans bigger than continents. Some 10% of world’s plastic waste finds its way into the sea and ends up in the central regions where slow moving circular currents trap debris into one large… read more
