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TIME Asia
February 7, 2011
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Testing the Waters The Great Barrier Reef is one of the world's natural wonders, covering an area larger than Italy and drawing nearly 2 million tourists every year to boat, swim, snorkel and dive amid its elaborate flora and fauna. It's also one of the planet's most fragile ecosystems   |
Geotimes
October 2007
Nicole Branan |
Chemicals Worse for Corals Than Oil Researchers collected coral fragments in the Red Sea to test for reactions to chemical dispersants used to clean up oil spills. They found the dispersants damaged corals more than the oil. |
Geotimes
December 2003
Naomi Lubick |
Unknown Future for Coral Reefs Coral reefs are in danger and their recovery, when compared to historic coral reefs, is not assured. Though action is necessary to preserve reefs today, researchers do not know enough about how reefs function to guarantee that conservation and remediation will work. |
Geotimes
July 2007
Kathryn Hansen |
African Dust Helps Islands Bloom A new study suggests that African dust helps build soil on some Western Atlantic islands that would otherwise lack enough fertile land for crops, including sugar cane, to thrive. |
Science News
September 28, 2002
Janet Raloff |
State of U.S. Agro-ecosystems About one-quarter of the United States' land cover, excluding Alaska, is farmed. A massive new project has just assessed this and other food-producing environments, such as coastal waters, fresh waters, and rangelands, to tally factors contributing to health. |
Geotimes
September 2006
Carolyn Gramling |
Corals Adapt to Sea Change When seawater chemistry changes, some corals can change their structural makeup in an effort to adjust -- making them the first creatures known to do so, according to a new study. |
Geotimes
July 2004
Carolyn Gramling |
Under-Reef Pipelines Get Green Light Staghorn coral live in seagrass in the Florida Keys Marine National Sanctuary. Two companies are planning to construct underwater pipelines carrying natural gas through a stretch of coral reef north of the sanctuary and down to the Bahamas. |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Controlling Bank Erosion Soil erosion and water runoff from excavated banks can be a major safety problem and engineering challenge. Many materials are available to help control erosion until the permanent plantings have rooted sufficiently to knit the soil in place. But how do they compare? |
Chemistry World
October 7, 2008
Lewis Brindley |
Ocean acidification threat to UK coral reefs The latest studies on ocean acidification indicate that it's not just tropical corals that are under threat from ocean acidification, but cold water corals too. |
Chemistry World
October 24, 2013
Emma Stoye |
Sulfur chemistry links coral to climate Researchers in Australia say that the destruction of coral reefs could pose a 'double jeopardy' for the environment, as a new study has found that corals produce a sulfur molecule linked to the global climate cycle. |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Soil Common Sense Five simple home tests for basic soil problems, with proven remedies |
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Improving Clay Soil If your garden has heavy clay soil, you know what a challenge it can pose to plants, not to mention gardeners. Heavy clay drains slowly, meaning it stays saturated longer after rain or irrigation. |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Minerals for Soil How to use rock-based fertilizers and amendments to increase the vitality of your soil |
TIME Asia
December 13, 2010
Alex Perry |
Land of Hope Can combatting climate change actually offer a new future for Africa? Niger is one of the world's foremost examples of a green economy. Fighting climate change in Niger is development. Trees, soil and water have been reinstated as capital. |
