Whoops! There Is Way More Plastic In The Ocean Than We Thought | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation

The trash--most of it plastic--may not be easy to see. But it is there, suspended in tiny pieces, on the surface, and below the waves. And new research indicates that the problem may even be worse than previously understood.

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Sick From Fracking? Doctors, Patients Seek Answers

Kay Allen had just started work, and everything seemed quiet at the Cornerstone Care community health clinic in Burgettstown, Pa. But things didn't stay quiet for long. "All the girls, they were yelling at me in the back, 'You gotta come out here quick. You gotta come out here q …

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Super weeds no easy fix for US agriculture-experts

A fast-spreading plague of "super weeds" taking over U.S. farmland will not be stopped easily, and farmers and government officials need to change existing practices if food production is to be protected, industry experts said on Thursday. "This is a complex problem," said wee …

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Weed-Whacking Herbicide Proves Deadly to Human Cells: Scientific American

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Mom Arrested for Taking 5-year-old Tanning

A New Jersey woman arrested for allegedly putting her 5-year-old daughter in a tanning booth says it was all a big misunderstanding. Patricia Krentcil, 44, told NBC's local New York affiliate that she took her daughter with her to a local tanning salon but that the child was n …

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Vanishing of the Bees | Documentary Film

Honey bees are the angels of agriculture, but they're disappearing at a startling rate in a mysterious phenomenon dubbed Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Since 2007, North American honey bees are literally disappearing without a trace. There are no massive dead bee bodies appeari …

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U.N. Agency: Serious Pesticide Threat in Former Soviet Union — Naharnet

The EU and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will spend seven million euros ($9.1 million) over the next four years to help contain the risks in 12 countries in the region, spanning Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia.

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Transfer of Life-Bearing Meteorites from Earth to Other Planets

This article investigates the probability that the meteorites originating on Earth are transferred to other planets in our Solar System and to extra solar planets. The collisional Chicxulub crater event, and material that was ejected is taken as an example of Earth-origin me …

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