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NASA, Japan Release Improved Topographic Map of Earth
October 19, 2011 — NASA and Japan released a significantly improved version of the most complete digital topographic map of Earth on Oct. 17, produced with detailed measurements from NASA's Terra spacecraft. The map, ... > full story -
From Tropics to Poles: Study Reveals Diversity of Life in Soils
October 18, 2011 — Microscopic animals that live in soils are as diverse in the tropical forests of Costa Rica as they are in the arid grasslands of Kenya, or the tundra and boreal forests of Alaska and Sweden, ... > full story -
Feeding the World While Protecting the Planet: Global Plan for Sustainable Agriculture
October 12, 2011 — An international team of researchers from Canada, the US, Sweden and Germany has come up with a plan to double the world's food production while reducing the environmental impacts of ... > full story -
Mercury Pollution in the Great Lakes Region: Nearly Forgotten, but Not Gone
October 11, 2011 — The scope and intensity of mercury pollution in the Great Lakes region is much greater than previously reported, but additional mercury controls should bring needed improvement, according to a new ... > full story -
Prague's 88 Nature Reserves Threatened by Invasive Plant Species
October 7, 2011 — Cities are generally regarded as hostile for wildlife and urbanization a dramatic form of destruction of natural habitats. Still, they are far from dead zones. Their biodiversity may even exceed that ... > full story -
Gaps in Forest Monitoring
October 4, 2011 — A new report identifies gaps in forest monitoring and ways to improve data collection. This will produce reliable estimates of greenhouse gas emission reductions from activities aimed at reducing ... > full story -
Certain Biofuel Mandates Unlikely to Be Met by 2022; Unless New Technologies, Policies Developed
October 4, 2011 — It is unlikely the United States will meet some specific biofuel mandates under the current Renewable Fuel Standard by 2022 unless innovative technologies are developed or policies ... > full story -
Forest Structure, Services and Biodiversity May Be Lost Even as Form Remains
October 3, 2011 — A forest may look like a forest, have many of the same trees that used to live there, but still lose the ecological, economic or cultural values that once made it what it was, researchers ... > full story -
Weeds Are Vital to the Existence of Farmland Species, Study Finds
September 29, 2011 — Weeds, which are widely deemed as a nuisance plant, are vital to the existence of many farmland species, according to a new study. Since many weeds produce flowers and seed, they are an integral part ... > full story -
Labor-Saving Way to Monitor Vast Rangelands
September 27, 2011 — U.S. agricultural scientists have found that unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), a tool used by the military, may be suitable for keeping an eye on changing land-use patterns across vast tracts of ... > full story
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