• World's Protected Areas Threatened By Climate Change, New Study Shows
  December 11, 2007 — Climate change will affect national parks, forest reserves and other protected areas around the world, in some cases altering conditions so severely that the resulting environments will be virtually ... > full story
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• Far Flung Food: Europe's Distant Diets
  December 11, 2007 — Across the European Union, food is traveling more, and not always in ways that make sense. Consider the chocolate covered waffle: Last year, Britain both imported 14,000 tons, and exported 15,000 ... > full story
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• Waterborne Carbon Increases Threat Of Environmental Mercury
  December 11, 2007 — Mercury is a potent neurotoxin and a worrisome environmental contaminant, but the severity of its threat appears to depend on what else is in the water. Researchers at the University of ... > full story
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• Smaller Storms Drop Larger Overall Rainfall In Hurricane Season
  December 11, 2007 — Researchers have found that when residents of the US southeastern states look skyward for rain to alleviate a long-term drought, they should be hoping for a tropical storm over a hurricane for more ... > full story
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• Arsenic Contamination Lacks One-size-fits-all Remedy
  December 11, 2007 — Though a worldwide problem, arsenic contamination of drinking water does not have a universal ... > full story
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• Threatened Birds May Be Rarer Than Geographic Range Maps Suggest
  December 11, 2007 — Geographic range maps that allow conservationists to estimate the distribution of birds may vastly underestimate the actual population size of threatened species and those with specific habitats, ... > full story
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• Unprecedented View Of Mysterious 'Night-shining' Clouds
  December 11, 2007 — NASA's AIM satellite has provided the first global-scale, full-season view of iridescent polar clouds that form 50 miles above Earth's surface. Very little is known about these 'clouds at the edge of ... > full story
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• Targeted Fertilizer Applications Combat Slowing Rice Yields
  December 11, 2007 — Scientists at Punjab Agricultural University, IRRI, and Virginia Tech report in Agronomy Journal their success in increasing rice yields using site-specific nutrient management ... > full story
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