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Forestry officials on urgent mission: Beetles (AP)

Forestry officials on urgent mission: Beetles

Biology / Ecology

created May 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Forestry officials in the Northeast are on an urgent mission, tracking thousands of Massachusetts residents as they search for tree-eating stowaway insects they may have carried to campgrounds or ...





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Patches of burnt grass are seen in a tree forest in the Ugandan north-eastern plains

Uganda forests rapidly disappearing: study

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Uganda has lost nearly a third of its forest cover since 1990 due to expanding farmlands, a rapidly growing human population and increased urbanisation, a government report said on Friday.


New Southern California beetle killing oaks

Biology / Ecology

created May 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

U.S. Forest Service scientists have completed a study on a beetle that was first detected in California in 2004, but has now attacked 67 percent of the oak trees in an area 30 miles east of San Diego.


New York's Ash Trees Threatened by Newly Found Beetle

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For the first time, Cornell researchers have reported the sighting of the emerald ash borer - an ash-destroying beetle - in New York state.


Scientists create fuel from African crop waste (w/Video)

Technology / Energy

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Bananas are a staple crop of Rwanda. The fruit is eaten raw, fried and baked — it even produces banana beer and wine. Around 2 million tons are grown each year but the fruit is only a small percentage of ...


Oil, gas, propane? Penn State site compares home heating options

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 09, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- That nip in the air means fall is here, and many homeowners are facing a drastically more expensive home-heating season. An energy specialist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences says it's not ...


Invasive beetle attacks redbay trees

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created Jan 13, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A beetle imported from Asia is spreading around the southeast United States, leaving dead and dying redbay trees in its wake.


Wealth Does Not Dictate Concern for the Environment

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 25, 2008 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

It has been a long-held assumption that poor nations will not support efforts to protect the environment since their citizens are too preoccupied with meeting basic needs, such as food and housing. However, a new study in ...


Fighting ash borer: To spray or not to spray?

Biology /

created Aug 12, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Perhaps the only good news in the Aug. 4 announcement that emerald ash borers have been found in southeastern Wisconsin is that the invasive pest took its time getting here.


Avoid Inviting Termites to 'Dinner' at Your House

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

It is the nightmare of many a homeowner: Termites merrily eating away at the family castle.


Ancient oak trees help reduce global warming

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 27, 2008 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (30) | comments 3

The battle to reduce carbon emissions is at the heart of many eco-friendly efforts, and researchers from the University of Missouri have discovered that nature has been lending a hand. Researchers at the Missouri Tree Ring ...



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