The Ecologist and the Prisoners
Professor Nalini Nadkarni enlists a Washington state prison in sustainability research that has turned the prison green — and may help convicts turn their lives around.
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A New Leaf: Making Paper From Weeds
An invasive ecological bad guy may be able to paper over his evil ways and absorb some carbon as well.
Ecologist Dismisses ‘Ethanol Solution’
Townsend notes that producing corn for ethanol use requires intensively fertilized fields, which produce 'the forgotten greenhouse gas.'
Braking Up Is Easy to Do (In Traffic)
Quick hits from the professoriat: That's the brakes for those caught in traffic, it's a grand old (subliminal) flag, and Amber Alerts get a yellow light.
Belief in ‘Balance of Nature’ Hard to Shake
Take that, hakuna matata. The Disney-fied notion that, left to its own devices, nature will always revert to an idyllic equilibrium is a dangerous fallacy, say two researchers. The cultural bias colors discussions on climate change.