Thursday, 9 February, 2012

Study shows the wisdom of allowing fish stocks to recover. Production is higher, but costs are lower. What would it take to bring economic and environmental sanity to the fishing industry?

Archeologists thought Middle-Eastern cities grew through remote “daughter” villages. But a new study of a big city in ancient Syria, shows that new settlements formed closer to town.

Hurricanes, disease and heat deliver another body blow to Caribbean coral reefs — the centers of biodiversity, fish nurseries and guardians of shorelines. Must we kiss coral goodbye?

Where do sea turtles go when they swim in the sea? New information from West Africa shows a complex pattern of migration and gives clues about how to conserve these ancient mariners.

As Congress, president debate changes to immigration laws, we wonder if immigration-fueled population growth is an environmental issue. Should United States reduce immigration?

History shows societies collapse without soil. What can the world cando to keep our dirt clean?

Studies of mitochondria show that polar people evolved greater ability to create heat; study has health implications for energy-deficiency diseases, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.

Genes of giant tortoises reflect ancient volcanic eruption in Galapagos Islands.

In a wilderness, roads can interrupt migration corridors; kill wildlife through vehicle impacts, block movement of surface water; compact soil, harming burrowing animals and changing groundwater flow; cause air pollution and traffic noise; and allow invasive species to enter.

Monkeypox, AIDS, SARS: Are more diseases jumping from animals to people, or is it just our imagination?