Eco-Briefs
Low-cost solar observatory; New Superfund sites
Test flight of low-cost miniature solar observatory
The Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) tested its Solar Instrument Pointing Platform (SSIPP) on Aug. 29, in San Antonio,...
Eco-briefs | Coffee production could be shaken by climate change
The world’s most consumed coffee species, Arabica, could be pushed to extinction in the wild in 70 years by the hand of climate change, according to a new study...
Mealworms capable of biodegrading plastic, recent report finds; MIT picks Boulder...
MEALWORMS CAPABLE OF BIODEGRADING PLASTIC, RECENT REPORT FINDS...
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INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE REPORT INDICATES SEVERITY OF CLIMATE CHANGE...
Bomb-sniffing spinach; Religious leaders and the environment
Tapping into chemical pathways
According to a study in the journal Nature Materials, scientists have nanoengineered a spinach plant that is able to detect the...
Wind energy research funding; The ocean’s oxygen
NREL will see $30 million in funding from federal government in 2017
Wind energy research, and especially the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden,...
Not so fast, EPA
Amid mounting criticism against a proposed copper mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska, a group of independent environmental scientists are crying foul at an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) assessment of the prospective project...
