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Moss, a Cash Crop for Mountain People

Moss serves the ecosystem beyond camparison. Yes, as we all know, it serves as the sponge to the forest in various ways, stores water and releases nutrients and houses tiny critters. But, it’s a different story across Appalachia and in the Pacific…

Denmark: Deep-Sea Species Threatened, Halt in Fishing Urged

Several deep-sea species including the orange roughy, the round-nosed grenadier, the Portuguese dogfish and the leaf-scaled gulper shark are threatened due to indiscriminate fishing in the deep-sea. To meet this crisis, a Denmark-based marine research…

How to Store Wind Farm-Created Energy?

Two big Colorado energy groups have geared up to find a way to solve this. According to the Denver Post, Xcel Energy and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have planned to use wind power to create hydrogen fuel, in a pilot program. Increasing the…

Sweeping Through Pesticide-borne Diseases

A ray of hope for the African descendants. Struggling with pesticide contaminated diseases for decades; the Africans can now breathe a sigh of relief about their children’s health. They may not have to fall victim in the hands of the demon reining the…

Global Warming May Trigger Endemic

World temperature is rising. Ice sheets at the poles are contracting, leading to fears of rivers disappearing from the world map. We are aware of these consequences. But, are we prepared to face and resist them? Yes, global warming could lead to a…

Wolf Number Rising in the Rockies… Is Livestock in Jeopardy?

Good news for the environmentalists and animal lovers. Want to watch an assemblage of gray wolves? It’s the Northern Rockies, where you can spot them wandering or relaxing in their peaceful gestures. They have increased to a larger community of more than.

Global Warming Axes Arctic Lake Ecology

We all are aware of the fact that global warming is bringing about radical changes in the earth’s atmosphere and layout. Researchers have exteriorized alarms that rivers may disappear; climate may change drastically leading to extinction of alarmingly…

Hurricane Wilma Threatens Gulf of Mexico

After the corals in the Caribbean are pulverized by the warm seas that fuelled hurricanes Rita and Katrina, it’s the turn for the people in its northwestern parts. On Tuesday, the tropical storm Wilma verged on the Cayman Islands at 160km per hour,…

Will Vietnam's Economic Growth Compromise on Ecology?

Environment or economy? The tug-of-war are at odds. An eternal antagonism true, but its of great concern the Vietnam’s food bowl, the ecologically sensitive wetlands is now suffering over-exploitation. The food bowl that produces the country’s most of…

Devastation! A History. Recovery! Still A Dream

Victims of the Haiti’s cataclysmic floods has lived a year with the memories of the killer tropical storm that unleashed and swallowed the gritty city’s barren northwest. Along with the agonizing memories of the deluge and of the dear ones lost, the…

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