"An Economist for Nature Calculates the Need for More Protection"
A Stanford professor is showing how many more ecological costs need to be factored in to estimates of the economic impacts of environmental actions.
Source: NY Times, 08/10/2011
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Drought Will Impact Wildlife Habitats in Texas for Years To Come
Texas' record drought will damage entire ecosystems for years to come.
Source: AP, 08/09/2011
"Monsanto Launching Its First Biotech Sweet Corn"
"Monsanto Co. is preparing to launch a genetically altered sweet corn, marking the global seed company's first commercial combination of its biotechnology with a consumer-oriented vegetable product."
Source: Reuters, 08/05/2011
"Florida Budget Cuts, Mosquito Burst Create Itchy Issue"
As cash-strapped local governments in Florida cut their mosquito-control budgets, the fight against a surge in mosquito populations is getting ugly -- and mosquitos may be threatening both health and economic well-being.
Source: Reuters, 07/18/2011
Insects Attack US Forests, Worsened by Drought, Climate Change
"Marauding insects have become a leading threat to the nation’s forests over the past decade, a problem made worse by drought and a warming climate, a federal report says."
Source: AP, 07/08/2011
"Fatal Bat Disease Confirmed In All New England With Maine Find"
"White nose syndrome, a devastating disease that has killed more than one million bats in the Northeast, has been found in Maine, the last New England state to discover it, wildlife officials said on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 05/25/2011
"Alarming Combo: Bedbugs With 'Superbug' Germ Found"
"Hate insects? Afraid of germs? Researchers are reporting an alarming combination: bedbugs carrying a staph 'superbug.' Canadian scientists detected drug-resistant staph bacteria in bedbugs from three hospital patients from a downtrodden Vancouver neighborhood."
Source: AP, 05/12/2011
Climate of Change: Birds and Beaches in North Carolina
Climate change may be global, but it is already changing local North Carolina ecosystems in myriad ways. Beaches are eroding, shorelines are retreating, and birds are shifting their winter ranges. Even insects, fish, and frogs are changing behavior.
Source: Charlotte Observer, 05/02/2011
"Monarch Butterfly Count Bounces Back From Bad Year"
"Monarch butterfly colonies in Mexico more than doubled in size this winter after bad storms devastated their numbers a year ago, conservationists said on Monday although the migrating insect remains under threat."
Source: Reuters, 02/16/2011
"Efforts To Kill Invasive Plant Worry Beekeepers"
"An effort to fight an invasive plant with insects that eat it has drawn opposition from beekeepers who worry it will leave them without an adequate source of nectar and pollen for their honeybees."
Source: AP, 12/20/2010
