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First it was rising seas and altered weather. Now, say experts writing in Science, global warming is helping spread disease as well--not just in humans but also in oysters, butterflies, birds and plants. Says co-author Richard Ostfeld of the Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, N.Y.: "The evidence cuts across so many diseases and organisms that it has us quite alarmed...
...architect on a $2 billion project to rejuvenate Ford's massive River Rouge plant; Braungart helped found Germany's Green Party. Rather than flog humans for being wasteful beasts, they celebrate our propensity to consume, insisting there are ways to make that impulse a healthy part of a dynamic ecosystem. In Cradle to Cradle, the authors question why shampoo bottles, yogurt containers, and candy wrappers aren't made of biodegradable material. Why can't trainers be designed to eventually fertilize your tomatoes?or be reassembled into a new pair of shoes? The cynical response is that increased costs...
...helping to lead many different processes to address the problems of global poverty, changes in the earth’s environment and risks to the ecosystem,” he said. “The Earth Institute is dealing with these on a daily basis...
DIED. FRANK CRAIGHEAD, 84, renowned grizzly-bear researcher; in Jackson, Wyo. At a time when bears were thought to be nothing but trouble, Craighead and his brother John followed the animals around Yellowstone National Park for a dozen years, showing in the process their importance in the ecosystem. The Craigheads' work inspired a generation of biologists and conservationists...
...chemistry at volcanic sites ranging from 300 years to 4.1 million years old. Plants at the youngest sites drew nutrients straight from weathering lava. Those at older, more depleted sites survived on minerals blown in on sea spray and in dust from central Asia, thousands of miles away. "No ecosystem is entirely isolated," he says...