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HoneyBees |
The mysterious disappearance of HoneyBees from North American hives has alarmed beekeepers and puzzled experts. A host of suspected culprits have been blamed for what has been dubbed colony collapse disorder, or CCD everything from global warming to GMO crops to cell phone towers. |
Alternative Fuel |
| Hopes are running high that the second generation of biofuels may one day wean us off our reliance on petroleum, but until we're burning switch grass and wood waste, the dream has a definite downside. Deforestation rates in Indonesia and Brazil have spiked as farmers clear land to plant oil palm and soybeans for biodiesel. Meanwhile, in the US, increased corn production for ethanol has raised commodity prices, increased pressure on conservation reserves and threatened to exacerbate the Gulf dead zone as a result of increased fertilizer run-off. |
Ice Melt |
| The summer of 2007 brought record melt to the Arctic ice cap, with sea ice extent in September 38 percent below average and 24 percent below the previous record set in 2005. |