Posted Wed Nov 18, 2009 10:17 AM ET | 0
You've likely heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- two enormous bodies of trash trapped in a swirling confluence of currents. The Pacific patch has gotten a lot of press this year from the planned expedition of banking heir ... Read more
Posted Fri Nov 06, 2009 04:56 PM ET | 0
The IUCN Red List details the state of the planet's threatened species. Long story short, the list's latest update paints a pretty dire picture, one forecasting extinctions that extend far beyond the poster animals gracing your World Wildlife Fund... Read more
Posted Wed Oct 28, 2009 06:01 PM ET | 0
Transgenes, those little bits of genetic material that give crops desirable traits, have a habit of jumping ship, wandering and finding new homes. They start off as the key players in a genetically modified (GM) crop, usually granting disease- or ... Read more
Posted Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:51 AM ET | 0
China's yunnan banana, a pinkish-green fruit favored by wild Asian elephants, has been introduced to England. Or more specifically, to Kew Garden's Millennium Seed Bank as the collection's 24,200th wild plant species. The new cache brings Kew to its... Read more
Posted Mon Oct 19, 2009 05:49 PM ET | 0
It's news that sadly puts a damper on my French Riviera vacation dreams: Giant aquatic blobs are on the rise in Mediterranean waters. The masses of organic material -- both living and dead -- fuse together in warm water, where ... Read more
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