ecology

I got to thinking about this this morning. What might be done about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? I was thinking maybe developing some plastic eating bacteria but then I thought that might have unintended side effects. Perhaps dropping some sort of resin that will bind with plastic and offset...

I have some questions about organic food: 1) Is it healthier for you? 2) Is it better for the environment? 3) Is it worth the extra cost? 4) In the Grand Scheme of Things, is organic food good, neutral, or bad?

Bush’s DOE closes the Svannah River Ecology Laboratory because of all the good work it is doing. With an annual budget of less than what a half hour of the war in Iraq is costing, the DOE suddenly can’t find the funding to carry on this critical work but that's not the reason the lab is closing...

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/popup?id=2735366 So, 52 species we didn't know about until recently. What does that bring our total count to on the planet that we know of? How many more may we not know about that exist out there for now?

WHO Gives Rx For Herbal Medicine Maybe you should think twice the next time you pick up something at the local health food store.