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Severe Economic Loss for European Forest Land Expected by 2100
September 23, 2012 — By 2100 the climate change is expected to reduce the economic value of forest land by 14 to 50 percent, which equates to a potential damage of several hundred billion Euros unless effective ... > full story -
Global Economic Pressures Trickle Down to Local Landscape Change, Altering Disease Risk
September 20, 2012 — The pressures of global trade may heighten disease incidence by dictating changes in land use. A boom in disease-carrying ticks and chiggers has followed the abandonment of rice cultivation in ... > full story -
Pesticides Not Yet Proven Guilty of Causing Honeybee Declines, Experts Say
September 20, 2012 — The impact of crop pesticides on honeybee colonies is unlikely to cause colony collapse, according to a new article. More research is now needed to predict the impact of widely-used agricultural ... > full story -
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As Painkiller Overdoses Mount, Researchers Outline Effective Approaches to Curb Epidemic
September 20, 2012 — Prescription painkillers are responsible for more fatal overdoses in the United States than heroin and cocaine combined. And while most states have programs to curb abuse and addiction, a new report ... > full story -
Survival of Safety-Net Hospitals at Risk
September 20, 2012 — Many public safety-net hospitals are likely to face increasing financial and competitive pressures stemming in part from the recent Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act, according to ... > full story -
More Than 16 Million Children in Poverty Across the U.S. in 2011
September 20, 2012 — Between 2010 and 2011, the child poverty rate rose modestly across the United States to 22.5 percent. Today 16.4 million children live in poverty; 6.1 million of them are under age six, according to ... > full story -
Climate Scientists Put Predictions to the Test
September 19, 2012 — A study has found that climate-prediction models are good at forecasting long-term climate patterns on a global scale but lose their edge when applied to time frames shorter than three decades and on ... > full story -
DNA Barcoding Can ID Natural Health Products
September 19, 2012 — DNA barcoding has proven up to 88 percent effective in authenticating natural health products, according to a new ... > full story -
Major Changes Needed to Protect Australia's Species and Ecosystems
September 19, 2012 — Climate change is likely to have a major impact on Australia's plants, animals and ecosystems that will present significant challenges to the conservation of Australia's biodiversity, experts ... > full story -
Adult Obesity Rates Could Exceed 60 Percent in 13 U.S. States by 2030, According to New Study
September 18, 2012 — The number of obese adults, along with related disease rates and health care costs, are on course to increase dramatically in every state in the United States over the next 20 years, according to a ... > full story
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