Illustration courtesy of University of Michigan
By John Weier
July-September 2008 (Vol. 9, No. 3)
From zebra mussels to mitten crabs, some of the worst invasive species to hit American shores have arrived in the ballast tanks of cargo ships. Together, these species have fouled beaches, shut down river locks, led to local extinctions, […] Read More »
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By Courtney Humphries
July-September 2008 (Vol. 9, No. 3)
There’s always a catch to success. When endangered species make a comeback, research funding often dries up, making it more difficult to track the health of recovering populations. So when wolves in the Northern Rockies were recently delisted from their endangered status, a […] Read More »
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By John Weier
July-September 2008 (Vol. 9, No. 3)
Every time Amanda Hodgson counts humpbacks off the Australian coast, she has to rent a plane, round up four other researchers to help spot the creatures, and fly over the ocean for hours. “It’s all very low and slow,” says the University of […] Read More »
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By Justin Matlick
July-September 2008 (Vol. 9, No. 3)
Planting trees has long been considered one of the best ways to absorb excess CO2 from the atmosphere. But with climate change threatening to change where forests grow, large-scale tree planting is a tricky proposition. A U.S. company is developing an alternate solution: […] Read More »
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By Justin Matlick
July-September 2008 (Vol. 9, No. 3)
Max Donelan is giving new meaning to the term “power walker.” An assistant professor at Simon Fraser University and chief science officer at Bionic Power Inc., Donelan and his colleagues have developed an ingenious new device that, by harvesting […] Read More »
By Natasha Loder, Elizabeth Finkel, Craig Meisner, and Pamela Ronald
July-September 2008 (Vol. 9, No. 3)
At first glance, it doesn’t seem that tough a question. Organic farming and eating locally make intuitive sense. Yet does conventional wisdom about eating sustainably hold up to the science? It turns out that many core issues such […] Read More »
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By Jonah Lehrer
July-September 2008 (Vol. 9, No. 3)
When the Wolong Nature Reserve was established in Southwestern China in 1975, it was hailed as a landmark achievement of the environmental movement. The reserve, which covers more than 200,000 hectares, contains more than 10 percent of the wild giant panda population […] Read More »
By Jeffrey A. Lockwood and Alexandre V. Latchininsky
July-September 2008 (Vol. 9, No. 3)
Most assassins work alone. But we’re a pair of hired guns. Between us, we have 50 years of experience making hits in dozens of countries on five continents. Our partnership began 13 years ago, and since then our views of […] Read More »
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Changing the BatteryFlamingos stand precariously on top of one of the world’s largest deposits of lithium—the very stuff that powers our mobile world
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Shrink to FitHumanity appears to be ushering in new age of minifauna, a kind of Lilliputian world full of runts and dwarves |
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Chasing RainbowsLured by a utopian visions, agencies dropped billions of trout into thousands of lakes. Now, they’re determined to undo the damage they caused. |
