Pesticides significantly reduce the number of pollen grains a bumblebee is able to collect, a new University of Stirling study has found.
Pesticides May Cause Bumblebees to Lose Their Buzz, Study Finds
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Study Settles Prehistoric Puzzle, Finds Carbon Dioxide Link to Global Warming 22 Million Years Ago
Fossil leaves from Africa have resolved a prehistoric climate puzzle — and also confirm the link between carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and global warming.
The Next Quarter Century's Organic Marketplace
In 1977, during the heyday of the emerging “alternative energy” movement, I attended a solar greenhouse conference where I remember one of our little tribe’s pioneers opined about how much less exciting the solar “revolution” was going to be when it finally went mainstream. “I know what’s going to happen,” architect Steve Baer of Zomeworks pronounced – “solar collectors are going to be advertised in Sears newspaper inserts! I’m going to hate it but I’ll know we have arrived.”
15,000 científicos de 184 países advierten sobre tendencias ambientales globales negativas
El bienestar humano se verá gravemente amenazado por las tendencias negativas en algunos aspectos ambientales tales como el cambio del clima, la deforestación, la pérdida de acceso al agua dulce, la extinción de especies y el crecimiento de la población humana, advierten los científicos en la edición de BioScience una publicación internacional. El artículo "’World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: Second Notice" fue firmado por más de 15,000 científicos en 184 países.
Cellphone Data Reveals Hurricane Maria's Impact on Travel in Puerto Rico
Nearly two months after Hurricane Maria swept through Puerto Rico, the infrastructural damage remains evident — today, FEMA estimates that only 41 percent of the island has had power restored. But the impact on human behavior is just beginning to be understood.
Reflections from a Field Builder: The Next 25 Years of Sustainable, Responsible and Impact Investing
While offering the standard disclaimer that past performance is no guarantee of the future, I nevertheless offer some predictions for, and reflections about, the future of sustainable and impact investing.
