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Johnny Panic-grass Seed

As New Zealand wrestles with the fate of very new crops, a seed bank in the U.S. Southwest is wrestling with the fate of very old ones. Based in Tucson, […]

Flaming-goes

They’re thriving as campy lawn statues across America, but in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, the Caribbean flamingo is flirting with extinction — again. In the 1950s, the region’s flamingo […]

Jonathan Clough, environmental modeler

Jonathan Clough is an environmental computer consultant based out of Warren, Vt. Monday, 22 Jul 2002 WARREN, Vt. The first thing you should know about a week in the life […]

Jean Ne Sais Quoi

For months, Canada has been a question mark on the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, half-inclined to follow the cue of its stubborn southern neighbor and ignore the treaty, half-inclined […]

Bird Slaw

Compared to traditional energy sources (coal, oil, natural gas), wind energy seems like an environmentalist’s dream come true: It doesn’t pollute the air, land, or water, and it’s infinitely renewable. […]

Ex-siting

The U.S. EPA has restored Superfund monies to clean up 11 toxic sites, despite having told local officials at the sites that they would not receive any money this year. […]

Glacier Boggles

Alaska’s glaciers have been melting faster than previously thought and are responsible for more meltwater over the last half century than any other spot on Earth, according to a study […]

BK Whopper

Eighteen months ago, throngs of Filipinos gathered at a religious shrine for a rally that ended in the resignation of corrupt then-president Joseph Estrada. The massive turnout was widely attributed […]

Where the Sun Don’t Shine

Confirming fears of those opposed to genetic engineering, researchers in Great Britain reported this week that DNA from transgenic crops can find its way into the bacteria that dwell in […]

On the Mexican coast, little shrimp are causing big trouble

Just above the high-tide mark on the coast of northern Mexico, elegant fingers of pitaya cacti rise far above the surrounding mesquite trees. Roseate spoonbills and frigatebirds sail silently overhead, […]