Beijing, 3 Apr 2012 (UPI) – China's agricultural security is at risk from climate change and the selling of arable lands. "Food security remains the weakest link in China's national economic security," Han Jun, deputy director of the State Council's...
By Ellen Knickmeyer and John Locher18 August 2014 Ivanpah Dry Lake, California (Associated Press) – Workers at a state-of-the-art solar plant in the Mojave Desert have a name for birds that fly through the plant's concentrated sun rays — "streamers,"...
By Shreya Dasgupta20 July 2015 (mongabay.com) – Your car tires may be treading over forests and wildlife in Southeast Asia. As the global demand for tires soars, so does the demand for natural rubber sourced from Hevea brasiliensis, the para-rubber...
