Biodiversity

Unlike in animals, the "fight or flight" response isn't an option for imperiled plants-including those grown as crops for our food, fuel, and fiber needs. Aplant, for example, cannot simply uproot itself and...

HEADNOTE Guinea-Bissau has largely fallen off the map of dynamic Africa but this small country has no shortage of investment opportunities. In November, a British All-Party Parliamentary Group and Ecobank organised a summit...

Once again an ordinary, everyday noun has been appropriated for a new concept in technology The online version of the Merriam-Webster dictionary defines cloud as "a visible mass of particles of condensed vapor...

More timely industry news A little more than a year ago, SME debuted Mining Engineering's redesign, and reader response has been very positive. The publications staff thanks you. Now, SNiE has rolled out...

HEADNOTE Environmental risk insurers are offering more sophisticated solutions and a broader range of coverage amounts. IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 1 A fire broke out at a chemical plant in Moerdijk, Netherlands, in January 2011....

Introduction Our approach to the classification and treatment of breast cancer patients has fundamentally changed over the last few decades due to the significant progress in our understanding of the molecular alterations that...

Companies today are under constant pressure to "go green," and sustainability has become a critical factor in corporate competitiveness for many. Customers, investors, employees, and other stakeholders want to know the environmental and...

Growing populations will put ever-increasing demands on the croplands that provide food, fuel, fiber, soil protection, wildlife habitats, and other vital services. The National Wildlife Federation's new report on "Future Friendly Farming" describes...

Gene mutation is far more common and more natural than some people may think. Although we tend to think of ourselves as genetically stable entities, the truth is that every one of us...

What makes a prediction a good one? Like any announcement that must compete for attention in the public sphere, the predictions that gather the most notice are the strangest or the boldest, or...

I am writing to express my deepest appreciation and respect for Owen Lopez, who is retiring as the executive director of the McCune Charitable Foundation. The work he has done in our community...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Bat Conservation International (BCI) is pleased to announce it has teamed up with Bacardi to launch a public service announcement for its 2012 International Year of the Bat campaign. The...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9a4249/oecd_environmental) has announced the addition of OECD Publishing's new report "OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Slovak Republic 2011" to their offering. The Slovak Republic is a small, land-locked country...

STAMFORD, Conn. & WASHINGTON -- BTS USA, a leading global strategy implementation consultancy, has partnered with rainforest conservation specialist World Land Trust-US to purchase and protect 100 acres of threatened tropical rainforest in...

HOUSTON -- CEMEX USA recently finalized the $30 million sale of its approximately 8,500-acre Redwood Forest property near the CEMEX Davenport cement plant to a consortium of local land trusts. The land trusts...

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. -- Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, in partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation, has helped plant more than 78,000 trees in 2011 through the Canon Forest...

New App Provides Animal, Planning Information for Zoo's Fans and Visitors SAN DIEGO -- Just in time for the holidays, the San Diego Zoo is giving its fans the chance to take the...

Tokyo, Dec 15, 2011 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu has announced the launch, starting today, of a support initiative that employs multi-sensing network technology from Fujitsu as part of a winter Japanese crane...

[First look] Design Council Cabe and Thames Water have revealed these images showing post design-reviewed proposals for surface level Thames Tideway Tunnel sites The designs were revealed as DC Cabe published its backing...