Cool roofs, green roofs and hybrids of the two are all of the rage for city planners who want to do something about greenhouse-gas induced warming. They sound great but is it going to work, or is it…

50,000 years ago, the Arctic tundra was not as drab as you might think, being an Ice Age - it was filled with colorful wildflowers and these wildflowers helped sustain woolly mammoths and other giant…

For the past eight years, the Amazon rain forest has gotten greener as the weather seemingly got hotter and drier each year from June to October.  Limited rainfall didn't prevent thriving…

The increasing use of chemical herbicides, both synthetic and organic kinds, is often blamed for the declining plant biodiversity in farms, but it is simplistic to think herbicide exposure is solely…

Compact fluorescent bulbs save energy but they also contain mercury, a toxic metal. While environmentalists have promoted them as safe, and the US government has given them a de factor mandate and…

Though you may have read otherwise, numerous studies from China, Spain and the United States have have found that the biodiversity of insects and related arthropods is not reduced by genetically…

Under-use of fertilizers in Africa currently contributes to a growing yield gap; the difference between how much crops could produce in ideal circumstances compared to actual yields.  Better…

I was checking out my trusty Cotton Physiology Handbook and have to admit that I got a bit blown away.. What is a xylem? Plants have vascular systems just like people, but for plants,…

I was checking out my trusty Cotton Physiology Handbook and have to admit that I got a bit blown away.. What is a xylem? Plants have vascular systems just like people, but for plants,…

Government can really only do one thing; tax and penalize. The other actions it takes, even positive ones like the police and fire departments and protecting the environment, derive from one of those…