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Science, Matter, and Energy Environmentalists Get Down to Earth (NY Times 12/18/11) Ecosystems Fungi Get the Lead Out (The Scientist 1/13/12) Biodiversity and Evolution Jungle search gives global count of arthropods (Nature 12/13/12) Four Freaky New Bat Species Discovered (Live Science 9/13/12) Zebra stripes evolved to keep biting flies at bay (Dawkins Foundation 2/9/12) Species Interactions and Population Control Yellowstone Wolves Need Help From Beavers (Science 2/5/13) Flesh Eating Gulls Devour Whales Alive (Discovery News 8/29/12) When snowpack shrinks, elk can binge on aspen (Science News 10/7/11) Human Population and Urbanization Looking Back on the Limits of Growth (Smithsonian Magazine 4/12) Is it Too Late for Sustainable Development? (Smithsonian.com 3/16/12) Children's Books Increasingly Ignore Natural World (Miller-McCune 1/30/12) Climate and Biodiversity Study: Southern Butterfly Species Growing in Mass. (Boston Globe 8/20/12) Rainforest in Transition (Scientific American 1/18/12) Alligator River Refuge Rolls Back From Rising Sea (Miller-McCune 11/7/11) Sustaining Biodiversity – Species Approach Historic Marine Mammal Protection Act Worked, Scientists Say (Live Science 4/12/13) Red tide kills record number of manatees (Herald-Tribune 3/12/13) 7 Species of Sharks and Manta Rays Receive International Protection (National Geographic 3/11/13) Shark of the High Seas Actually a Homebody (Science 2/20/13) Stinging needle ants overtaking invasive Argentines in U.S. (NBC News 2/11/13) Africa's lion population plummets by two thirds in 50 years, study finds (NBC News 12/4/12) In Images: 100 Most Threatened Species (Our Amazing Planet 9/11/12) Ships Drown Out Right Whales' Songs (Live Science 8/15/12) Oregon Zoo welcomes an endangered species, the season's first CA condor chick (Oregon Live 3/28/12) Saving desert tortoises is a costly hurdle for solar projects (LA Times 3/4/12) As Bear Population Grows, More States Look at Hunts (NPR 2/20/12) Sustaining Biodiversity – Ecosystem Approach Hated Invasive Species Helps Restore an Ecosystem (Science 4/3/13) Jaguars May Soon Get Critical Habitat in the U.S. (Scientific American 7/5/12) Aliens in Antarctica (Science News 5/5/12) The Jaguar Freeway (Smithsonian.com 10/2011) Scientists call for end to deep-sea fishing (Washington Post 9/6/11) Food, Soil, and Pest Management California seeks to help strawberry growers eliminate fumigants (Ventura Star 4/9/13) Neonicotinoid pesticides 'damage brains of bees' (BBC News 3/27/13) Organic Tomatoes Have More Vitamin C (My Health News Daily 2/20/13) Desert bacteria could help boost crop yields (SciDev.net 2/6/13) Spider Silk May Act as Pest Repellent (Live Science 11/29/12) Combining cassava species could lead to better crops (SciDev.net 10/18/12) GM crops good for environment, study finds (The Guardian 6/13/12) U.S. Tightens Rules on Antibiotic Use for Livestock (NY Times 4/11/12) Move to Market Gene-Altered Pigs in Canada is Halted (NY Times 4/3/12) Study ties GMO corn, soybeans to butterfly losses (Minneapolis Star Tribune 3/16/12) Why Monsanto Thought Weeds Would Never Defeat Roundup (NPR 3/11/12) Water Resources & Water Pollution Cheap 'nano-tablet' purifies water for up to six months (SciDev.net 3/15/13) Fog-catching fabric could improve water collection in deserts (SciDev.net 2/8/13) Americans favor water recycling, but there's an "ick factor" (Reuters 10/23/12) Scientists to develop water efficient biofuel crops (Biofuels International 9/26/12) New Study on Water-wise Biofuel Crops (DomesticFuel.com 9/14/12) World over-using underground water reserves for agriculture (Reuters Africa 8/8/12) World over-using underground water resources for agriculture (Reuters 8/8/12) Geology and Nonrenewable Minerals The $1 billion mission to reach the Earth's mantle (CNN 10/2/120 The Devastating Costs of the Amazon Gold Rush (Smithsonian Magazine 2/12) Building a Better World with Green Cement (Smithsonian.com 12/11) With Prevalence of Nanomaterials Rising, Panel Urges Review of Risks (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 1/26/12) Energy Flow batteries could back up grid of the future (New Scientist 3/22/13) Yellowstone fungus could unlock new biofuels potential (Biofuels International 2/18/13) Let the wind blow: Better willows for biofuel production (EcoSeed 1/21/13) NASA-rooted biofuel project aims for shores of Mobile Bay (AL.com 11/16/12) Engineered Algae Seen as Fuel Source (UPI.com 1/8/13) ISU Researchers Growing Algae in Poultry Houses (Domestic Fuel 12/13/12) Conflicts, Errors Revealed In Positive Fracking Study (NPR 12/7/12) Technique creates biofuels powerful enough to be used as jet fuel (LA Times 11/7/12) Quick Cook Method Turns Algae Into Oil (Domesticfuel.com 11/2/12) Could The Carbon Emissions Crisis Be Solved With Solar Cells Made Of Carbon? (Forbes 10/31/12) Scientists make case for sustainable approach to bioenergy (Ethanol Producer Magazine 10/26/12) British engineers produce amazing 'petrol from air' technology (The Telegraph 10/18/12) Diatoms Could Lead to Biofuel Breakthrough (DomesticFuel.com (9/18/12) Studies Show Wind Power's Massive Potential (Inside Science 9/10/12) Bioengineered Bacteria Pump Out Fuel for Cars (Innovation News Daily 8/24/12) Wind farms can cause climate change, finds new study (The Telegraph 4/29/12) US and UK to collaborate on 'floating' wind turbines (The Guardian 4/23/12) Electric cars: Big climate aid in LA, but not in Wichita (Christian Science Monitor 4/18/12) Environmental Hazards and Human Health Plastics Chemical BPA Tied to Higher Asthma Risk in Kids (Health Day 3/1/13) Nations Agree on Global Mercury Limits (Science 1/20/13) Tooth fillings made with BPA tied to behavior issues (Reuters 7/16/12) Whisper of the Wild: Is Silence Going Extinct? (NY Times 3/15/12) What Happened to the Girls in Le Roy? (NY Times 3/7/12) Exposure to Common Chemicals May Weaken Vaccine Response (Time 1/25/12) Air Pollution, Climate Change, & Ozone Depletion Report: Warming bringing big changes to forests (Denver Post 2/5/13) Carbon pollution up to 2 million pounds a second (Times-Herald Record 12/2/12) If you’re 27 or younger, you’ve never experienced a colder-than-average month (Grist 11/16/12) 90% Chance 2012 Will Be Warmest Year on Record for US (Live Science 11/15/12) Scientists Discover the Truth Behind Colbert's 'Truthiness' (Science Daily 8/8/12) Clouds’ Effect on Climate Change Is Last Bastion for Dissenters (NY Times 4/30/12) Mexico passes climate-change law (Nature 4/20/12) Bark beetles in double-time (High Country News 3/20/12) Chasing Ice: Could Time-Lapse Photography Save the Planet? (Time 3/12/12) How Climate Change Could Be the Ruin of Los Angeles (The Atlantic 2/23/12) Leak exposes how Heartland Institute works to undermine climate science (TheGuardian 2/14/12) Solid & Hazardous Waste Researchers make bricks from waste, desert sand (SciDev.Net 4/9/13) L.A. OKs ban on plastic bags at checkout (LA Times 5/24/12) Feds Appear Clueless About Their Own E-Waste (Miller-McCune 3/21/12) An exquisite Mexico beach cursed by plastic (LA Times 1/27/12) How Soda Caps Are Killing Birds (NPR 11/1/11) Synthetic lint ends up in oceans (ScienceNews 9/14/11) U.S. Pledges to Reform Electronics Recycling (Miller-McCune 7/21/11) Environmental Economics, Politics, and Worldviews Traces of Anxiety Drug May Affect Behavior in Fish (NY Times 2/14/13) California's first carbon-credit auction raises $290 million (LA Times 11/20/12) Indigenous Brazilian group certified to trade carbon credits (SciDev.net 4/13/12) A Pipeline Divides Along Old Lines: Jobs Versus the Environment (NY Times 9/28/11)